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Mountain

Muirneag

Located in Western Isles, Scotland Coordinates: 58°21′22″ N 6°18′37″ W

Muirneag
JJM · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
248 m
above sea level
Nearest town
North Tolsta
6 km SE
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
SYY Stornoway Airport16 km
BEB Benbecula Airport116 km

About Muirneag

Muirneag is a mountain. Location: Western Isles, Scotland. Elevation: 248 m. The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (16 km). Nearby sights include Beinn Mheadhanach and Eilean Earasgro.

Climate of Muirneag

This month · November

A wet month

Day 7° · Night 3° · Rain 157 mm

Hottest month
July (day 14°)
Coldest month
February (night 1°)
Wettest month
November (157 mm)
Driest month
May (61 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 Muirneag
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°5°6°8°10°12°14°14°12°10°7°6°
Average low (°C)1°1°2°3°5°7°9°9°8°5°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)1501121227661697988124150157145

How to get to Muirneag

The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (SYY), 16 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 285 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 16 kmsouth
  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 116 kmsouthwest
  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 162 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 285 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 290 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 304 kmsoutheast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 327 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Muirneag

Within 100 km: 17 historic and cultural sites, 1,670 natural sites, 818 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km82 places

  • Lewis with Harris Island 24 kmSW
  • Isle of Lewis Island 16 kmW
  • Eilean a Muigh Heisgeir Island 8 kmE
  • Eilean Sguinean nan Creagan Briste Island 8 kmNE

25–60 km621 places

  • Isle of Harris Natural site 59 kmSW
  • Dalmore Beach Beach 27 kmW
  • Dailbeag Beach Beach 25 kmW
  • Scalpay Island 59 kmS

60–100 km1,802 places

  • The Coral Beaches Beach 97 kmS
  • Lingay Island 93 kmSW
  • Clett Island 94 kmS
  • Eilean a' Char Island 63 kmSE

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