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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.1244,Lat: 55.812
Elevation	33 meter above sea level
Local time	21:53:20pm
At island	Isle of Bute
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Argyll and Bute
Name	Isle of Bute

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Ardroscadale	2.4 km	North
2 Midpark	3.2 km	SouthWest
3 Meikle Grenach	4 km	EastSouthEast
4 Ambrismore	4.4 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Rothesay	4.7 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	56 km	EastSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	145 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	189 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Straad lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Fad (0.7 km² at a distance of 3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Isle of Bute. The distance to the mainland is 0.5 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 155.7 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 218 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 88%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 44 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (at a distance of 48 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5 km2

10.7%

Nature

10.6 km2

22.9%

Wet nature

0.8 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

27.6 km2

59.4%

Urban area

0.7 km2

1.6%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Straad in country Scotland

Straad at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	86 km	EastSouthEast
2 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	106 km	WestSouthWest
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	110 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Straad
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rothesay

Type of weather in Rothesay	few clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.42 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 19 April 2024:	14 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	07:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam