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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.2997,Lat: 55.7872
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	16:43:42pm
At island	Islay
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Argyll and Bute
Name	Kintyre and the Islands
Other place with same name 1	Blackrock Border Midland and Western - Border
Other place with same name 2	Blackrock Wales - Sir Fynwy#Monmouthshire

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bridgend	3.3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gartnatra	3.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Bowmore	3.5 km	South
4 Gruinart Flats	3.8 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Craigens	4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	129 km	EastSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	135 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	215 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Blackrock lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction South). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Gorm (2.5 km² at a distance of 6.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 100.8 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 141 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 21%, low location: 79%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Argyll Islands

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 117 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Islay Airport (at a distance of 12 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.9 km2

4.9%

Nature

17.7 km2

29.4%

Wet nature

16.9 km2

28.2%

Agriculture

21.9 km2

36.4%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Blackrock in country Scotland

Blackrock at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	61 km	SouthSouthWest
2 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	158 km	EastSouthEast
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	183 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bruichladdich

Type of weather in Bruichladdich	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	12.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	998 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	09:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:09 Europe/Amsterdam