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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: -5.091,Lat: 56.8367
Elevation	16 meter above sea level
Local time	13:57:29pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Highland
Name	Caol and Mallaig

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Banavie	1.5 km	North
2 Fort William	2.1 km	SouthWest
3 Corpach	2.4 km	NorthWest
4 Camusnagaul	2.4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Torlundy	3 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	127 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	256 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	301 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Caol lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Lochy (17 km² at a distance of 11 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Ben Nevis with a height of 1344 meter (at a distance of 6.9 km and direction SouthEast).One of the mountains in Grampian Mountains, part of the mountain range Scottish Highlands. The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 216.3 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 303 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 62%, hill: 26%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 115 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Inverness Airport (at a distance of 101 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.8 km2

31.1%

Nature

35.7 km2

48.6%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

5.4 km2

7.3%

Urban area

6 km2

8.1%

Rock-Sand

1.6 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Caol in country Scotland

Caol at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	140 km	SouthEast
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	152 km	SouthEast
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	154 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fort William

Type of weather in Fort William	few clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.84 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	09:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:58 Europe/Amsterdam