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Eilean Criothuinn

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°39′06″ N 4°52′58″ W

Map showing the location of Eilean Criothuinn Eilean Criothuinn
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
232 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Achanalt
4.8 km S
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport51 km
SYY Stornoway Airport106 km

About Eilean Criothuinn

Eilean Criothuinn is an island. Location: Highland, Scotland. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (51 km). Nearby sights include Carn na Beiste and Beinn Dearg.

Climate of Eilean Criothuinn

This month · November

A wet month

Day 8° · Night 2° · Rain 281 mm

Hottest month
July (day 17°)
Coldest month
December (night 0°)
Wettest month
January (286 mm)
Driest month
May (114 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 Eilean Criothuinn
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)6°6°8°10°14°16°17°17°15°11°8°6°
Average low (°C)0°0°1°2°4°8°9°9°7°5°2°0°
Precipitation (mm)286199239131114124136160229264281279

How to get to Eilean Criothuinn

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 51 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dundee, 175 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 51 kmeast
  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 106 kmnorthwest
  • Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 139 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 175 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 177 kmeast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 203 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 215 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 346 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Eilean Criothuinn

Within 100 km: 43 historic and cultural sites, 4,076 natural sites, 952 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km409 places

  • Moy Island Island 24 kmSE
  • Eilean nan Uan Island 18 kmSE
  • Eilean an Daraich Island 17 kmE
  • Eilean a' Chip Island 25 kmNW

25–60 km1,834 places

  • Eilean a' Char Island 53 kmNW
  • Tanera More Island 51 kmNW
  • Summer Isles Island 51 kmNW
  • Eilean Sùbhainn Island 36 kmW

60–100 km2,828 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 91 kmSW
  • Island of Raasay Island 77 kmW
  • Lossiemouth East Beach Beach 96 kmE
  • Scalpay Island 78 kmSW

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