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Uig (Scotland)

Uig

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.6157,Lat: 56.5965
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	16:25:21pm
At island	Coll
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Argyll and Bute
Name	Oban South and the Isles
Other place with same name 1	Uig Scotland - Highland
Other place with same name 2	Uig Scotland - Highland -
Other place with same name 3	Uig Scotland - Argyll and Bute

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Arileod	1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Totronald	1.7 km	North
3 Acha	1.7 km	East
4 Friesland	2.1 km	East
5 Ballyhaugh	3.5 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	172 km	SouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	227 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	303 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Uig lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Frisa (4 km² at a distance of 29.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Coll. The distance to the mainland is 14.1 km.

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 175.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 246 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 23%, low location: 77%, 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
Argyll Islands

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 157 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tiree Airport (at a distance of 19 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

14.1 km2

39.9%

Wet nature

9.8 km2

27.6%

Agriculture

4.8 km2

13.5%

Rock-Sand

6.8 km2

19%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Uig in country Scotland

Uig at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	151 km	South
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	180 km	NorthNorthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	204 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Baugh

Type of weather in Baugh	light rain
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 19 July 2025:	16 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:01 Europe/Amsterdam