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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.4161,Lat: 58.4762
Elevation	123 meter above sea level
Local time	7:02:43am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	North, West and Central Sutherland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ribigill	3.1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Achuvoldrach	3.2 km	NorthWest
3 Coldbackie	3.8 km	NorthEast
4 Talmine	4.6 km	North
5 Skullomie	5.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	299 km	South
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	415 km	North
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	444 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Loyal (6.1 km² at a distance of 6.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 329.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 461 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 90%, hill: 8%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Kyle of Tongue

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 288 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 77 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.4 km2

1.9%

Nature

43.1 km2

58.5%

Wet nature

25.5 km2

34.6%

Agriculture

3.2 km2

4.4%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tongue in country Scotland

Tongue at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	92 km	EastNorthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	256 km	West
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	283 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kinlochbervie

Type of weather in Kinlochbervie	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.82 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	06:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:09 Europe/Amsterdam