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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6005,Lat: 51.8872
Elevation	66 meter above sea level
Local time	3:53:24am
Population	18000 (8th largest city in country)
Name province/region	Southern and Eastern
Name Subregion	South-West
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cork
Name	Ballincollig

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ovens	3.3 km	West
2 Blarney	5.8 km	NorthEast
3 Matehy	8.3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Cork	8.8 km	East
5 Dripsey	10.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	225 km	EastNorthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	351 km	NorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	374 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Celtic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named South Western. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Guitane (2.4 km² at a height of around 76 meter above sea level) at a distance of 56.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 259.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 363 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Shannon Airport (at a distance of 94 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cork Airport (at a distance of 9.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.7 km2

3.5%

Agriculture

65.8 km2

83.8%

Urban area

8.5 km2

10.9%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ballincollig in country Ireland

Ballincollig at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sceilg Mhichíl	Ireland	133 km	West
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	248 km	NorthEast
3 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	298 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cork Harbour SPA	IE	11 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Ballincollig
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ballincollig

Type of weather in Ballincollig	broken clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	07:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:00 Europe/Amsterdam