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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.0784,Lat: 57.5805
Elevation	241 meter above sea level
Local time	11:43:48am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Wester Ross, Strathpheffer and Lochalsh

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Badavanich	5.8 km	West
2 Scardroy	8.5 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Leckie	8.8 km	NorthWest
4 Achanalt	10 km	East
5 Heights of Kinlochewe	10.3 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	205 km	South
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	338 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	384 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 26 km (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch a' Chroisg (2.4 km² at a distance of 1.3 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 269.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 378 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 20%, hill: 60%, low mountains: 18%, moderate high mountains: 1%, 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 195 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Inverness Airport (at a distance of 62 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.9 km2

2.4%

Nature

63.3 km2

80.5%

Wet nature

9.6 km2

12.3%

Agriculture

1.9 km2

2.4%

Water - Lakes

1.9 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Achnasheen in country Scotland

Achnasheen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	194 km	NorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	204 km	SouthSouthEast
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	209 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Highland

Type of weather in Highland	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.16 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 12 May 2024:	16 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:29 Europe/Amsterdam