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Griminis

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.3622,Lat: 57.442
Elevation	16 meter above sea level
Local time	21:27:27pm
At island	Benbecula
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Council Area (Council Area)	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Name Electoral Ward	Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath
Other place with same name 1	Griminis Scotland - Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Torlum	0.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Lionacleit	2.1 km	South
3 Baile Nan Cailleach	2.7 km	NorthWest
4 Creag Ghoraidh	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Baile A' Mhanaich	3.8 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	264 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	330 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	408 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Bì (7.2 km² at a distance of 5.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 265.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 372 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 74%, low location: 26%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is wet-nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Uist Machairs

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 250 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Benbecula Airport (at a distance of 4.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

2.9 km2

5.1%

Wet nature

28.9 km2

50.8%

Agriculture

19.9 km2

34.9%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.8%

Infrastructure

1.6 km2

2.8%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

2.3 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Griminis in country Scotland

Griminis 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	83 km	NorthWest
2 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	251 km	South
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	290 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gramisdale

Type of weather in Gramisdale	broken clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1033 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 16 October 2026:	10 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	09:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:24 Europe/Amsterdam