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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: -6.0706,Lat: 57.3904
Elevation	96 meter above sea level
Local time	15:50:40pm
At island	Isle of Raasay
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Highland
Name	Eilean a'Cheo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Balmeanach	0.6 km	EastNorthEast
2 Glame	2.2 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Oskaig	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Clachan	4.3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Camastianavaig	5.1 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	210 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	312 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	374 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Balachuirn lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Lundie (1.4 km² at a distance of 25.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Isle of Raasay. The distance to the mainland is 6.6 km.

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 270.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 378 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 50%, hill: 49%, The hills are mainly western 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 196 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Benbecula Airport (at a distance of 78 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.7 km2

6.5%

Nature

26.9 km2

63.9%

Wet nature

9.3 km2

22.2%

Agriculture

2.9 km2

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balachuirn in country Scotland

Balachuirn 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	156 km	WestNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	225 km	SouthEast
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	237 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Portree

Type of weather in Portree	few clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	996 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	09:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:59 Europe/Amsterdam