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Glac nan Sgadan

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°06′56″ N 5°24′05″ W

Map showing the location of Glac nan Sgadan Glac nan Sgadan
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
310 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Kinloch Hourn
1.2 km SE
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport94 km
TRE Tiree Airport113 km

About Glac nan Sgadan

Glac nan Sgadan is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 310 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (94 km). Nearby sights include Torr a' Choit and Buidhe Bheinn.

Climate of Glac nan Sgadan

This month · November

A wet month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 308 mm

Hottest month
July (day 16°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
January (319 mm)
Driest month
May (121 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 Glac nan Sgadan
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°5°7°10°13°15°16°16°14°10°7°5°
Average low (°C)1°0°1°2°5°8°10°10°8°5°2°1°
Precipitation (mm)319210264141121130149173255287308311

How to get to Glac nan Sgadan

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 94 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 156 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 94 kmnortheast
  • Tiree Airport (TRE) Balemartine, Argyll and Bute 113 kmsouthwest
  • Barra Airport (BRR) Eoligarry 124 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 156 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 165 kmsoutheast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 188 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 200 kmeast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 282 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Glac nan Sgadan

Within 100 km: 38 historic and cultural sites, 4,330 natural sites, 1,185 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km532 places

  • Sandaig Islands Island 19 kmW
  • Eilean Ràrsaidh Island 13 kmW
  • Ornsay Island 23 kmW
  • Eilean Donan Island 19 kmNW

25–60 km1,913 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 55 kmW
  • Island of Raasay Island 50 kmNW
  • Eigg Island 52 kmSW
  • Scalpay Island 40 kmNW

60–100 km3,108 places

  • Hebrides Island 87 kmW
  • The Coral Beaches Beach 86 kmNW
  • Clett Island 88 kmNW
  • Eriska Island 65 kmS

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