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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: -6.7631,Lat: 57.8978
Elevation	41 meter above sea level
Local time	6:01:59am
At island	Lewis-harris
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Name	Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas nan Loch

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Carragraich	1.8 km	SouthEast
2 Tarbert/Tairbeart	2.4 km	WestNorthWest
3 Caolas Scalpaigh	3.6 km	SouthEast
4 Miabhaig	4.2 km	SouthWest
5 Carnach	4.6 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	279 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	372 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	440 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Urgha lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Coire Geurad (10.9 km² at a distance of 13.4 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is An Cliseam with a height of 799 meter (at a distance of 8 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 318 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 445 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 62%, hill: 33%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
South Lewis, Harris and North Uist

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 266 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stornoway Airport (at a distance of 44 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

21.8 km2

37.2%

Wet nature

20 km2

34.1%

Agriculture

1.8 km2

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.5%

Rock-Sand

14.2 km2

24.1%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Urgha in country Scotland

Urgha 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	108 km	West
2 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	242 km	EastNorthEast
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	294 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Western Isles

Type of weather in Western Isles	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.04 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	16 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:42 Europe/Amsterdam