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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.4554,Lat: 55.1322
Elevation	54 meter above sea level
Local time	21:19:14pm
Name province/region	Border Midland and Western
Name Subregion	Border
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Donegal
Name	Buncrana Urban

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fahan	4.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Culmore	15.1 km	SouthEast
3 Millford	16.2 km	West
4 Rathmelton	16.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 Ballyliffin	17 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Belfast	Northern-ireland	114 km	SouthEast
2 Dublin	Ireland	215 km	South
3 Glasgow	Scotland	217 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Buncrana lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North Western. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Swilly (Loch Súilí) (1.6 km² at a distance of 7.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 11.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 16 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 90%, hill: 5%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 95 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is City of Derry Airport (at a distance of 21 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.4 km2

4.1%

Nature

10.3 km2

18%

Wet nature

16.8 km2

29.4%

Agriculture

22.2 km2

38.9%

Urban area

4.8 km2

8.3%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Buncrana in country Ireland

Buncrana 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	63 km	East
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	173 km	South
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	240 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lough Swilly SAC	IE	0.3 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Buncrana

Type of weather in Buncrana	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	06:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:07 Europe/Amsterdam