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General information - Location

Country	Northern Ireland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.1779,Lat: 55.0255
Elevation	54 meter above sea level
Local time	11:41:45am
Name province/region	Northern Ireland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Derry
Name	Eglinton

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Greysteel	4.3 km	East
2 Culmore	6.5 km	WestNorthWest
3 Londonderry	9.5 km	West
4 Ballykelly	10.1 km	East
5 Prehen	11.9 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Belfast	Northern-ireland	93 km	SouthEast
2 Dublin	Ireland	198 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	199 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction NorthEast).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 17.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Sawel with a height of 678 meter (at a distance of 24.5 km and direction South).One of the mountains in The Sperrins The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 6.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 9.5 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 22%, low location: 78%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Lough Foyle Alluvial Plain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 74 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is City of Derry Airport (at a distance of 2.2 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.6 km2

0.8%

Nature

4.7 km2

6.5%

Wet nature

3.7 km2

5.1%

Agriculture

56.2 km2

78%

Urban area

5.1 km2

7.1%

Infrastructure

1.8 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Eglinton in country Northern-ireland

Eglinton 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	51 km	EastNorthEast
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	156 km	South
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	226 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Eglinton

Type of weather in Eglinton	light rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	06:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:59 Europe/Amsterdam