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General information - Location

Country	Northern Ireland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.7147,Lat: 54.7528
Elevation	11 meter above sea level
Local time	21:05:45pm
Name province/region	Northern Ireland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Carrickfergus
Name	Whitehead

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ballycarry	3.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Carrickfergus	7 km	WestSouthWest
3 Helen's Bay	9.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Bangor	10.9 km	South
5 Greenisland	11.7 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Belfast	Northern-ireland	22 km	SouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	103 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	150 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Whitehead lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North Eastern. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Neagh (387.5 km² at a distance of 33.1 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Divis with a height of 478 meter (at a distance of 24.9 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 80.5 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 113 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 90%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Island Magee

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 34 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is George Best Belfast City Airport (at a distance of 18 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.7 km2

4.4%

Nature

0.8 km2

2.1%

Wet nature

1.5 km2

Agriculture

30 km2

78.1%

Urban area

4 km2

10.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Whitehead in country Northern-ireland

Whitehead 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	74 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	128 km	SouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	160 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Whitehead

Type of weather in Whitehead	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	06:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:08 Europe/Amsterdam