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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.4786,Lat: 55.0924
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	15:31:54pm
Name province/region	Border Midland and Western
Name Subregion	Border
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Donegal
Name	Fahan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Buncrana	4.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Rathmelton	12.7 km	WestSouthWest
3 Millford	14 km	WestNorthWest
4 Culmore	14 km	SouthEast
5 Londonderry	14.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Belfast	Northern-ireland	114 km	SouthEast
2 Dublin	Ireland	212 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	219 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Fahan lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestNorthWest).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 3.6 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 9.3 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 13 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 83%, hill: 5%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 94 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is City of Derry Airport (at a distance of 21 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.9 km2

1.5%

Nature

14 km2

25.2%

Wet nature

7 km2

12.6%

Agriculture

28.8 km2

52.1%

Urban area

3.8 km2

6.8%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fahan in country Ireland

Fahan 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	66 km	East
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	170 km	South
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	242 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lough Swilly SAC	IE	0 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Fahan
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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:	6.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	06:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:07 Europe/Amsterdam