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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: -6.7064,Lat: 57.8863
Elevation	73 meter above sea level
Local time	19:09:50pm
At island	Lewis-harris
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Name	Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas nan Loch

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Carnach	1.1 km	EastSouthEast
2 Carragraich	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
3 Ceann A Bhàigh	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Urgha	3.6 km	NorthWest
5 Reinigeadal	3.9 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	276 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	370 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	438 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Caolas Scalpaigh lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Coire Geurad (10.9 km² at a distance of 15.7 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is An Cliseam with a height of 799 meter (at a distance of 10.7 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 317 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 444 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 71%, hill: 21%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
South Lewis, Harris and North Uist

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 263 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stornoway Airport (at a distance of 43 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

15.5 km2

42.5%

Wet nature

11.4 km2

31.2%

Agriculture

2 km2

5.5%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.9%

Rock-Sand

6.7 km2

18.5%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Caolas Scalpaigh in country Scotland

Caolas Scalpaigh 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	111 km	West
2 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	240 km	EastNorthEast
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	290 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Western Isles

Type of weather in Western Isles	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	06:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:15 Europe/Amsterdam