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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.093,Lat: 57.154
Elevation	127 meter above sea level
Local time	23:48:06pm
At island	Skye
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Eilean a'Cheo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Glasnakille	1.8 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Kilmarie	3.8 km	NorthEast
3 Kirkibost	4.6 km	NorthEast
4 Tarskavaig/Tarscabhaig	7.6 km	SouthEast
5 Tokavaig	8.1 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	189 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	286 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	349 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Elgol lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Morar (26.7 km² at a distance of 27.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 244.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 342 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 82%, hill: 14%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 175 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Barra Airport (at a distance of 83 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.8 km2

Nature

19.8 km2

77.7%

Wet nature

0.8 km2

3.2%

Agriculture

2.9 km2

11.3%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Elgol in country Scotland

Elgol 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	165 km	NorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	209 km	SouthEast
3 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	214 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ardvasar

Type of weather in Ardvasar	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 20 April 2024:	14 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	07:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:42 Europe/Amsterdam