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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.1103,Lat: 53.5793
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	13:46:22pm
Name province/region	Southern and Eastern
Name Subregion	Dublin
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Fingal
Name	Skerries

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Balbriggan	5.7 km	NorthWest
2 Rush	6.5 km	South
3 Lusk	7 km	SouthWest
4 Donabate	10.7 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Stamullin	11.4 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	30 km	SouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	114 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	125 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Skerries lies at the Irish Sea (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Eastern. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Poullaphuca (19.7 km² at a distance of 51.1 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 56.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 79 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 94%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Dublin Airport (at a distance of 21 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

1 km2

2.9%

Agriculture

28.8 km2

83.8%

Urban area

3.6 km2

10.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Skerries in country Ireland

Skerries at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	26 km	NorthWest
2 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	131 km	SouthEast
3 The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	142 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Skerries Islands SPA	IE	1.1 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Skerries

Type of weather in Skerries	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	06:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:56 Europe/Amsterdam