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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: -6.3595,Lat: 57.5805
Elevation	100 meter above sea level
Local time	9:52:03am
At island	Skye
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Eilean a'Cheo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Idrigill	1.4 km	NorthWest
2 Earlish	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Balnaknock	2.4 km	East
4 Scuddaborg	3.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Totscore	3.6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	237 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	334 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	399 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Uig lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Lundie (1.4 km² at a distance of 41.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 286.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 401 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 58%, hill: 41%, 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 224 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Benbecula Airport (at a distance of 61 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1 km2

1.7%

Nature

22.9 km2

40.9%

Wet nature

18 km2

32%

Agriculture

13.5 km2

24.1%

Urban area

0.7 km2

1.3%

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 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	134 km	WestNorthWest
2 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	245 km	EastNorthEast
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	252 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 Portree

Type of weather in Portree	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.52 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	16 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	06:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:24 Europe/Amsterdam