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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: -6.1769,Lat: 57.4214
Elevation	44 meter above sea level
Local time	10:07:11am
At island	Skye
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Eilean a'Cheo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Achachork	1.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Portree	2.4 km	SouthWest
3 Penifiler	3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Heatherfield	3.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Drumuie	4.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	216 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	316 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	379 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Torvaig lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Lundie (1.4 km² at a distance of 30.6 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 271.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 380 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 68%, hill: 31%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 203 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Benbecula Airport (at a distance of 71 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2 km2

3.5%

Nature

22.6 km2

39.6%

Wet nature

21.3 km2

37.4%

Agriculture

8.7 km2

15.2%

Urban area

1.9 km2

3.3%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Torvaig in country Scotland

Torvaig at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	149 km	WestNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	232 km	SouthEast
3 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	243 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Portree

Type of weather in Portree	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.55 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	06:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:11 Europe/Amsterdam