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Samhla

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.3508,Lat: 57.5366
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	14:03:55pm
At island	Baleshare
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

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Corunna	1.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 Clachan an Luib	2.1 km	NorthEast
3 Teanna Mhachair	2.2 km	West
4 Bail Uachdraich	2.7 km	SouthEast
5 Cladach Chirceboist	4.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	271 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	340 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	417 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Samhla lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Carabhat (1.7 km² at a distance of 3.1 km in Eastern direction).The place is located at an island named Baleshare. The distance to the mainland is 88.1 km.

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 276.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 386 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 67%, low location: 33%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 257 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Benbecula Airport (at a distance of 6.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

3 km2

4.7%

Wet nature

42.8 km2

66.3%

Agriculture

11.7 km2

18%

Infrastructure

0.1 km2

0.1%

Rock-Sand

3.4 km2

5.3%

Water - Lakes

3.6 km2

5.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Samhla in country Scotland

Samhla 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	79 km	NorthWest
2 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	261 km	South
3 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	294 km	EastNorthEast

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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 15 August 2026:	15 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	06:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:13 Europe/Amsterdam