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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: -7.4906,Lat: 57.6211
Elevation	37 meter above sea level
Local time	20:49:37pm
At island	North-uist
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Name	Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tigh A' Ghearraidh	1.1 km	West
2 Baile Mhàrtainn	1.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Baile Raghnill	2 km	South
4 Hogha Gearraidh	2.2 km	WestSouthWest
5 Scolpaig	3.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	284 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	351 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	429 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hosta lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch nan Eun (1.8 km² at a distance of 10.6 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 285.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 400 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 32%, low location: 68%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Uist Machairs

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 269 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Benbecula Airport (at a distance of 17 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.3 km2

4.6%

Nature

11.9 km2

23.9%

Wet nature

12.1 km2

24.3%

Agriculture

17.1 km2

34.2%

Rock-Sand

5.9 km2

11.8%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hosta in country Scotland

Hosta 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	68 km	WestNorthWest
2 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	272 km	South
3 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	296 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gramisdale

Type of weather in Gramisdale	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 18 April 2024:	14 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	07:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:46 Europe/Amsterdam