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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: -5.8269,Lat: 56.7625
Elevation	43 meter above sea level
Local time	14:26:44pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Highland
Name	Fort William and Ardnamurchan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kentra	1.6 km	WestSouthWest
2 Newton of Ardtoe	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
3 Cùl Doirlinn	2 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Mingarrypark	2.3 km	EastSouthEast
5 Acharacle	2.7 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	145 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	242 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	302 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Shielfoot lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Shiel (20.3 km² at a distance of 2.2 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 209.7 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 294 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 19%, low location: 77%, hill: 4%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Morar, Moidart and Ardnamurchan

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 131 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tiree Airport (at a distance of 70 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.1 km2

18.5%

Nature

36.7 km2

51.6%

Wet nature

17.3 km2

24.4%

Agriculture

1.9 km2

2.7%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Shielfoot in country Scotland

Shielfoot 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	172 km	SouthEast
2 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	174 km	SouthSouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	176 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ardshealach

Type of weather in Ardshealach	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.55 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	996 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	09:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:02 Europe/Amsterdam