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Mountain

Beinn Akie

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 58°32′29″ N 4°51′08″ W

Map showing the location of Beinn Akie Beinn Akie
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
288 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Durness
6.9 km NE
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
SYY Stornoway Airport94 km
WIC Wick John O'Groats Airport103 km

About Beinn Akie

Beinn Akie is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 288 m. The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (94 km). Nearby sights include Cnoc a' Bhraghad and Beinn an Amair.

Climate of Beinn Akie

This month · November

A wet month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 162 mm

Hottest month
August (day 15°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
November (162 mm)
Driest month
May (67 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Beinn Akie
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°5°7°9°11°13°15°15°13°11°7°5°
Average low (°C)0°0°1°2°4°7°9°9°7°5°2°0°
Precipitation (mm)1369211575678493108142152162142

How to get to Beinn Akie

The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (SYY), 94 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 226 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 94 kmwest
  • Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 103 kmeast
  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 121 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 226 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 257 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 300 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 305 kmsouth

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Beinn Akie

Within 100 km: 23 historic and cultural sites, 1,659 natural sites, 521 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km284 places

  • Whale Islet Island 20 kmSW
  • Eilean Hoan Island 11 kmE
  • Eilean Dubh Island 10 kmE
  • An Garbh-eilean Island 9 kmN

25–60 km789 places

  • Eilean Dubh Island 31 kmSW
  • Soyea Island Island 52 kmSW
  • Eilean nan Ron Island 30 kmE
  • Rabbit Islands Island 27 kmE

60–100 km1,130 places

  • Hoy Island 96 kmE
  • Clett Island 77 kmE
  • Eilean a' Char Island 68 kmSW
  • Tanera More Island 68 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Durness Village, Highland
    6.9 km NE
  • Keoldale Village, Sutherlandshire
    4.2 km E
  • Balnakeil Village, Highland
    6.2 km NE
  • Sangobeg Village, Highland
    8.7 km E
  • Smoo Village, Highland
    7.7 km E
  • Kearvaig Village, Highland
    8.1 km NW

Nearby attractions & nature

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