Toscaig

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.8068,Lat: 57.3783
Elevation	51 meter above sea level
Local time	2:38:52am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Wester Ross, Strathpheffer and Lochalsh

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Culduie	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Ard-Dhubh	2.5 km	North
3 Camusterrach	3.3 km	North
4 Camusteel	3.8 km	North
5 Applecross	6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	200 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	311 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	368 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Toscaig lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Lundie (1.4 km² at a distance of 14 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 273.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 383 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 43%, hill: 54%, 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 188 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Benbecula Airport (at a distance of 94 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

41.7 km2

96.8%

Agriculture

0.3 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

1.1 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Toscaig in country Scotland

Toscaig 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	172 km	WestNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	213 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	224 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Toscaig
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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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	06:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:10 Europe/Amsterdam