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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: -3.8309,Lat: 57.1627
Elevation	254 meter above sea level
Local time	12:30:44pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Badenoch and Strathspey

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Doune	0.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Inverdruie	1.7 km	NorthEast
3 Coylumbridge	2.6 km	EastNorthEast
4 Alvie	2.9 km	West
5 Aviemore	4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	154 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	316 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	338 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 47 km (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Lochindorb (2 km² at a distance of 26 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Cairn Gorm with a height of 1245 meter (at a distance of 12.4 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 186.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 261 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 90%, low mountains: 9%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Cairngorms National Park
Cairngorms National Park - Pàirc Nàiseanta a' Mhonaidh Ruaidh
Cairngorm Straths
The Cairngorm Mountains

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 138 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Inverness Airport (at a distance of 44 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.6 km2

40.2%

Nature

34.6 km2

44%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

8.2 km2

10.4%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

1.7 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of The Polchar in country Scotland

The Polchar 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	132 km	South
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	140 km	South
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	167 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Aviemore

Type of weather in Aviemore	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.96 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 12 May 2024:	16 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:22 Europe/Amsterdam