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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: -5.4199,Lat: 57.2143
Elevation	62 meter above sea level
Local time	18:15:53pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Wester Ross, Strathpheffer and Lochalsh

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Invershiel	0.4 km	NorthEast
2 Ault A' Chruinn	1.8 km	NorthEast
3 Ratagan	2.2 km	NorthWest
4 Carn-Gorm	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
5 Torrlaoighseach	2.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	173 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	294 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	346 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Shiel Bridge lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Cluanie (10.8 km² at a distance of 15 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Carn Eige with a height of 1182 meter (at a distance of 20.1 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 258.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 362 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 33%, hill: 39%, low mountains: 22%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Kintail

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 161 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Inverness Airport (at a distance of 90 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.9 km2

13.9%

Nature

56 km2

78.8%

Wet nature

1.9 km2

2.7%

Agriculture

2.7 km2

3.8%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Shiel Bridge in country Scotland

Shiel Bridge at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	183 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	195 km	SouthSouthEast
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	200 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	16 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:22 Europe/Amsterdam