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Tarskavaig/Tarscabhaig

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.9875,Lat: 57.1166
Elevation	62 meter above sea level
Local time	20:08:22pm
At island	Skye
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Eilean a'Cheo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Achnacloich	1.3 km	South
2 Tokavaig	2.3 km	NorthEast
3 Ord	4.6 km	NorthEast
4 Glasnakille	5.9 km	NorthWest
5 Kilbeg	7.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	182 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	282 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	343 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Tarskavaig/Tarscabhaig lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Morar (26.7 km² at a distance of 19.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 242.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 340 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 75%, hill: 20%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 168 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tiree Airport (at a distance of 88 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3 km2

7.6%

Nature

32.1 km2

82.3%

Wet nature

1.7 km2

4.4%

Agriculture

1.3 km2

3.2%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tarskavaig/Tarscabhaig in country Scotland

Tarskavaig/Tarscabhaig 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	173 km	NorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	202 km	SouthEast
3 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	211 km	SouthSouthWest

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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	few clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.02 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 26 April 2024:	15 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	06:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:56 Europe/Amsterdam