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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.9122,Lat: 57.784
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	20:06:23pm
At island	Lewis-harris
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Name	Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas nan Loch
Other place with same name 1	Aird Mhìghe Scotland - Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cuidhtinis	1.1 km	SouthEast
2 Fionnsabhagh	1.3 km	SouthWest
3 Fleoideabhagh	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Manais	2.9 km	EastNorthEast
5 Lingreabhagh	3.1 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	274 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	361 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	431 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Aird Mhìghe lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Langabhat (1.7 km² at a distance of 2.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is An Cliseam with a height of 799 meter (at a distance of 21.1 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 304.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 426 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 80%, hill: 13%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is 0.

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

Name
South Lewis, Harris and North Uist

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 261 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Benbecula Airport (at a distance of 43 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

12.9 km2

24.5%

Wet nature

15.4 km2

29.5%

Agriculture

2.4 km2

4.6%

Rock-Sand

20.3 km2

38.8%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Aird Mhìghe in country Scotland

Aird Mhìghe at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	99 km	WestNorthWest
2 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	257 km	EastNorthEast
3 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	284 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Western Isles

Type of weather in Western Isles	broken clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.91 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	09:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:00 Europe/Amsterdam