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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: -6.1108,Lat: 57.3325
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	8:05:55am
At island	Skye
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Eilean a'Cheo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 The Braes	0.6 km	North
2 Peinchorran	0.9 km	South
3 Gedintailor	1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Upper Ollach	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Sconser	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	206 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	306 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	368 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Balmeanach lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Lundie (1.4 km² at a distance of 31.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 263.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 368 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 69%, hill: 25%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 192 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Benbecula Airport (at a distance of 77 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.1 km2

5.8%

Nature

24.2 km2

45.3%

Wet nature

16.9 km2

31.7%

Agriculture

5.4 km2

10.1%

Rock-Sand

3.6 km2

6.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balmeanach in country Scotland

Balmeanach 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	NorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	223 km	SouthEast
3 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	234 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Balmeanach
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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.59 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	06:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:11 Europe/Amsterdam