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General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country Northwest
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -5.6011,Lat: 56.6786 marker
Elevation105 meter above sea level
Local time12:16:45pm
Name province/regionScotland
Name SubregionHighland
Name Fort William and Ardnamurchan

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Ardnastang1.7 km NorthEast
2 Liddesdale1.7 km West
3 Anaheilt2.7 km EastNorthEast
4 Lochuisge4.2 km SouthSouthWest
5 Ceol Na Mara4.5 km WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 GlasgowScotland129 km SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast   Northern-ireland234 km SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas   Isle-of-man290 km South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Achleek lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Shiel (20.3 km2 at a distance of 8.8 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 208 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 291 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 38%, hill: 55%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 115 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tiree Airport (at a distance of 80 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   15.3 km2 
 21.2% 
 Nature   41.7 km2 
 57.8% 
 Wet nature   12 km2 
 16.7% 
 Agriculture   2.4 km2 
 3.4% 
 Rock-Sand   0.6 km2 
 0.8% 
 Water - Lakes   0.1 km2 
 0.2% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Achleek in country Scotland


Achleek at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 The Forth BridgeUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland156 km SouthEast
2 New LanarkUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland159 km SouthSouthEast
3 Old and New Towns of EdinburghUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland168 km SouthEast


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Ardshealach

Type of weather in Ardshealachbroken clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 0.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction: East South East
Air pressure: 1009 mb
Humidity: 68 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:16 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :22:34 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Ardshealach - GB (longitude: -5.6011, latitude: 56.6786)
Distance weather station to place (direction N): not known
14:00
18 degrees
1009 mbar
light rainweericoon
17:00
19 degrees
1009 mbar
light rainweericoon
20:00
15 degrees
1011 mbar
light rainweericoon
23:00
13 degrees
1012 mbar
light rainweericoon
2:00
12 degrees
1012 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
5:00
14 degrees
1013 mbar
clear skyweericoon
8:00
19 degrees
1013 mbar
clear skyweericoon
11:00
22 degrees
1013 mbar
clear skyweericoon










5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

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