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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: -5.8013,Lat: 57.811
Elevation	138 meter above sea level
Local time	6:40:50am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Wester Ross, Strathpheffer and Lochalsh

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Aultgrishan	1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Peterburn	3.3 km	South
3 North Erradale	5.3 km	South
4 Big Sand	7.6 km	South
5 Brae	7.6 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	243 km	South
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	359 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	416 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Melvaig lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch a Bhaid Luachraich (1.3 km² at a distance of 14 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 318.4 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 446 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 57%, hill: 43%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is 0.

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

Name
Wester Ross

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 232 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stornoway Airport (at a distance of 55 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

14.3 km2

32.4%

Wet nature

27.3 km2

61.8%

Agriculture

1.9 km2

4.4%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

1.2%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Melvaig in country Scotland

Melvaig 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	164 km	WestNorthWest
2 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	203 km	EastNorthEast
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	249 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kinlochewe

Type of weather in Kinlochewe	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	16 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	06:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:27 Europe/Amsterdam