Hotels at Caolas booking.com

Caolas (Scotland)

Caolas

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.7482,Lat: 56.5414
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	14:05:32pm
At island	Tiree
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Council Area (Council Area)	Argyll and Bute
Name Electoral Ward	Oban South and the Isles
Other place with same name 1	Caolas Scotland - Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Salum	1.5 km	WestSouthWest
2 Ruaig	1.7 km	WestSouthWest
3 Vaul	3.3 km	West
4 Scarinish	5.9 km	SouthWest
5 Heanish	7.1 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	176 km	SouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	223 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	302 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Caolas lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Frisa (4 km² at a distance of 38.1 km in Eastern direction).The place is located at an island named Tiree. The distance to the mainland is 36 km.

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 167.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 235 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 78%, low location: 22%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is rock-sand.

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 161 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tiree Airport (at a distance of 8.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

4.8 km2

25.2%

Agriculture

5.6 km2

29.5%

Rock-Sand

8.2 km2

43.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Caolas in country Scotland

Caolas 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	145 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	208 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Caolas
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Caolas
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Baugh

Type of weather in Baugh	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 15 August 2026:	15 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	06:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:07 Europe/Amsterdam