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Balvicar

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.6138,Lat: 56.291
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	22:55:28pm
At island	Seil
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Council Area (Council Area)	Argyll and Bute
Name Electoral Ward	Oban North and Lorn

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ellenabeich	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cuan	2.7 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Clachan-Seil	3 km	NorthEast
4 Clachan	3.4 km	NorthEast
5 Cullipool	4.5 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	102 km	SouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	190 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	248 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Balvicar lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction East). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Avich (3.5 km² at a distance of 14.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Seil. The distance to the mainland is 0.1 km.

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 171.5 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 240 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 16%, low location: 78%, hill: 6%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 87 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Islay Airport (at a distance of 79 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.3 km2

16.8%

Nature

6.9 km2

15.9%

Wet nature

0.8 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

28 km2

64.7%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balvicar in country Scotland

Balvicar 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	129 km	SouthWest
2 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	134 km	SouthEast
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	142 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Oban

Type of weather in Oban	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.96 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 19 July 2026:	16 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:55 Europe/Amsterdam