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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: -5.0636,Lat: 56.8628
Elevation	28 meter above sea level
Local time	9:42:48am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Highland
Name	Caol and Mallaig

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Muirshearlich	1.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Torlundy	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Banavie	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 Strone	3 km	NorthEast
5 Caol	3.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	129 km	South
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	259 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	304 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Lochy (17 km² at a distance of 7.6 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Ben Nevis with a height of 1344 meter (at a distance of 8.2 km and direction SouthSouthEast).One of the mountains in Grampian Mountains, part of the mountain range Scottish Highlands. The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 216.8 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 303 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 67%, hill: 27%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 117 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Inverness Airport (at a distance of 98 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

35.5 km2

45.9%

Nature

29.2 km2

37.9%

Wet nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Agriculture

6.8 km2

8.8%

Urban area

3.6 km2

4.7%

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Torcastle in country Scotland

Torcastle 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	141 km	SouthEast
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	152 km	SouthEast
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	155 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fort William

Type of weather in Fort William	heavy intensity rain
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	987 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	7 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	09:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:55 Europe/Amsterdam