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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.52,Lat: 57.4024
Elevation	31 meter above sea level
Local time	23:36:53pm
At island	Skye
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Eilean a'Cheo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Roskhill	1.3 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Roag	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
3 Harlosh	2 km	South
4 Orbost	3 km	West
5 Lonmore	3.4 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	226 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	315 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	383 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Vatten lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Obasaraigh (3.8 km² at a distance of 41.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 265.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 371 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 92%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is 0.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 213 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Benbecula Airport (at a distance of 51 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.3 km2

3.7%

Nature

9.5 km2

15.3%

Wet nature

39 km2

63.1%

Agriculture

10 km2

16.2%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vatten in country Scotland

Vatten 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	131 km	NorthWest
2 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	240 km	SouthSouthWest
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	246 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Vatten
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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:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	06:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:19 Europe/Amsterdam