Harris

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.3833,Lat: 56.9762
Elevation	133 meter above sea level
Local time	2:50:04am
At island	Rum
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Caol and Mallaig

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kinloch	7.3 km	EastNorthEast
2 Kilmory	8.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 A' Chill	11.7 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Port Mòr	18.4 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Kildonnan	18.4 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	186 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	267 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	336 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Harris lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Morar (26.7 km² at a distance of 35 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 220.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 309 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 34%, hill: 58%, low mountains: 7%, 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
The Small Isles

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 172 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tiree Airport (at a distance of 61 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

40.2 km2

88.1%

Rock-Sand

5.4 km2

11.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Harris in country Scotland

Harris 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	161 km	NorthWest
2 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	193 km	SouthSouthWest
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	213 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Harris
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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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 24 April 2024:	15 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	06:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:53 Europe/Amsterdam