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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: -6.9451,Lat: 57.8856
Elevation	19 meter above sea level
Local time	10:15:51am
At island	Lewis-harris
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Name	Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas nan Loch

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Seilebost	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Horgabost	3.6 km	SouthWest
3 Na Buirgh	5.9 km	SouthWest
4 Aird Asaig	7 km	EastNorthEast
5 Miabhaig	7.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	284 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	373 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	443 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Losgaintir lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Langabhat (1.7 km² at a distance of 7.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is An Cliseam with a height of 799 meter (at a distance of 11.9 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 315.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 442 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 70%, hill: 24%, 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 271 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Benbecula Airport (at a distance of 52 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

19.7 km2

39.9%

Wet nature

16.3 km2

33%

Agriculture

2.3 km2

4.7%

Rock-Sand

11.1 km2

22.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Losgaintir in country Scotland

Losgaintir 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	97 km	West
2 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	252 km	EastNorthEast
3 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	296 km	South

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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	moderate rain
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	15.04 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 7)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	987 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	7 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	09:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:57 Europe/Amsterdam