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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: -5.4674,Lat: 55.8237
Elevation	42 meter above sea level
Local time	18:07:33pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Argyll and Bute
Name	Kintyre and the Islands
Other place with same name 1	Rhu Scotland - Argyll and Bute

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Corranbuie	1.9 km	NorthEast
2 Torinturk	1.9 km	West
3 Kennacraig	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Whitehouse	3.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 West Tarbert	3.8 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	77 km	EastSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	140 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	196 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Rhu lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Fad (0.7 km² at a distance of 24.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 141.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 198 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 65%, hill: 31%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 65 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Campbeltown Airport (at a distance of 45 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

42.2 km2

59.4%

Nature

22.6 km2

31.8%

Wet nature

3 km2

4.2%

Agriculture

3 km2

4.2%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rhu in country Scotland

Rhu at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	91 km	WestSouthWest
2 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	107 km	EastSouthEast
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	131 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tarbert

Type of weather in Tarbert	snow
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.46 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	996 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	09:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:05 Europe/Amsterdam