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General information - Location

Country	Ireland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -9.2682,Lat: 51.5489
Elevation	95 meter above sea level
Local time	0:13:56am
Name province/region (Euregion)	Southern and Eastern
Wiki-website Subregion (Regional Authority)	South-West
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cork
Name	Skibbereen Urban

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Skull	19.3 km	West
2 Bantry	19.4 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Dunmanway	21.8 km	NorthEast
4 Clonakilty	27.3 km	East
5 Bandon	42.7 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dublin	Ireland	284 km	EastNorthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	407 km	NorthEast
3 Cardiff	Wales	421 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Celtic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 5 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named South Western. The nearest bigger lake is Cloonee Lough (0.8 km² at a distance of 39.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 309.9 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 434 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 92%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Shannon Airport (at a distance of 131 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cork Airport (at a distance of 63 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.3%

Nature

3 km2

3.8%

Wet nature

4 km2

5.1%

Agriculture

69.7 km2

88.7%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Skibbereen in country Ireland

Skibbereen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sceilg Mhichíl	Ireland	91 km	WestNorthWest
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	306 km	NorthEast
3 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	315 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lough Hyne Nature Reserve and Environs SAC	IE	4.3 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Skibbereen

Type of weather in Skibbereen	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	981 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	8 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	09:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:37 Europe/Amsterdam