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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: -6.7405,Lat: 58.1988
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	5:57:18am
At island	Lewis-harris
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Name	Sgir'Uige agus Ceann a Tuath nan Loch

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Linsiadar	1.4 km	SouthWest
2 Breascleit	1.9 km	North
3 Gearraidh Na H-Aibhne	2.2 km	SouthEast
4 Tobhtaral	3.3 km	NorthWest
5 Crùlabhig	4.6 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	307 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	405 km	South
3 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	427 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Callanish lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Trealabhal (5.2 km² at a distance of 7.7 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 351.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 492 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 91%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is 0.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 294 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stornoway Airport (at a distance of 24 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

1.2%

Nature

16.6 km2

24.7%

Wet nature

38.2 km2

56.9%

Agriculture

10.5 km2

15.7%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Callanish in country Scotland

Callanish 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	117 km	West
2 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	225 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	317 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stornoway

Type of weather in Stornoway	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	15 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	06:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:06 Europe/Amsterdam