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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.309,Lat: 55.5166
Elevation	72 meter above sea level
Local time	17:31:52pm
At island	Arran
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	North Ayrshire
Name	Ardrossan and Arran

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Torbeg	1.2 km	West
2 Balmichael	2.1 km	NorthEast
3 Blackwaterfoot	2.2 km	WestSouthWest
4 Kilpatrick	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Tormore	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	75 km	EastNorthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	110 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	160 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Lussa Loch (1.4 km² at a distance of 19.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 133.3 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 187 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 67%, hill: 31%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 68 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Campbeltown Airport (at a distance of 25 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.3 km2

27.7%

Nature

23.6 km2

40%

Wet nature

5.6 km2

9.5%

Agriculture

13.1 km2

22.2%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Shiskine in country Scotland

Shiskine 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	80 km	West
2 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	97 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	132 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Shiskine

Type of weather in Shiskine	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	09:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:06 Europe/Amsterdam