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Physical characteristics - Location Coordinates: long: -5.23800 lat : 55.57122 Coordinates (gr,min,sec): WGS84 long: -5°14'16.8036 lat : 55°34'16.3884 Surface area: 431.6 km2 (1.137 x Isle of Wight) Length coastline: 98 km Average height: 223 metre Length island: 32 km Maximum width island (estimate): 16 km Name : Goat Fell (874 metre) Orientation island: North - South
Demographic data island Habited: Yes Number of inhabitants: 4629 Population density: 10.72 inh/km2 Important places (direction): Lochranza (N), Catacol (N), Corrie (NO), Lamlash (O), Whiting Bay (ZO), Kildonan (Z), Blackwaterfoot (ZW), Kilmory (ZW)
Naming - Location Local native name: Eilean Arainn Archipelago (island group): islands in Firth of Clyde Neighboring islands (Island hopping): 1) Holy Island 0.693 km EastNorthEast 2) Isle of Bute 9.2 km NorthEast 3) Great Cumbrae Island 15.2 km EastNorthEast 4) Gigha 21.3 km WestNorthWest 5) Jura 39.6 km WestNorthWest 6) Islay 39.8 km West 7) Scarba 55.5 km NorthNorthWest 8) Rathlin Island 56.3 km WestSouthWest 9) Luing 56.6 km NorthNorthWest 10) Seil 64.4 km NorthNorthWest 11) Oronsay 64.9 km NorthWest 12) Colonsay 65.4 km NorthWest 13) Mull 74.2 km NorthNorthWest 14) Kerrera 74.5 km NorthNorthWest 15) Lismore 84.7 km NorthNorthWest 16) Iona 96 km NorthWest 17) Ulva 99 km NorthNorthWest 18) Man 123.4 km SouthSouthEast 19) Coll 125.1 km NorthWest 20) Tiree 126.6 km NorthWest 21) Muck 136.3 km NorthNorthWest 22) Eigg 138.8 km NorthNorthWest 23) Rùm 149.4 km NorthNorthWest 24) Skye 151.4 km NorthNorthWest 25) Canna 166.2 km NorthNorthWest Country: Great Britain Country-section: Schotland Location in Country: North-northwest Name council area: Council area North Ayrshire Name Ward: Ward Ardrossan and Arran Main place: Brodick Location Main place: East Sea: Firth of Clyde Distance to main land: 5 km Nearest Country: Great Britain Type Rock outcrop: rocky surface island-Type: island in estuary Remarks: Mini Scotland. Castle Lochranza model for Tintin and the Black Island.
Relief: Height Classes in percentages
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Weather at Arran
The weather type in Brodick clear sky Current temperature: 12 degrees Celcius
Precipitation last 3 hours: No precipitation Wind: 8.78 meter per second (Wind force - bft 5)
Winddirection: Northwest Atmospheric pressure: 1009 mb
Humidity: 70 %
Daylength at 11 September 2024: 13 hour and 3 minutes Sunrise: 07:45 Europe/Amsterdam Sunset: 20:49 Europe/Amsterdam
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The weather for the next few hours
Brodick - GB (longitude: -5.238, latitude: 55.5712) Distance weather station to the center island (direction W): 5.78 km17:00 11 degrees Celcius 1010 mbar light rain 20:00 9 degrees Celcius 1011 mbar light rain 23:00 8 degrees Celcius 1013 mbar light rain 2:00 7 degrees Celcius 1014 mbar few clouds 5:00 6 degrees Celcius 1015 mbar light rain
Climate: Temperature and Precipitation
Transport on your island-holiday Directly accessible from Western Europe (The Netherlands) by plane: No International airport present : No Accessible by car: Yes Distance from Western Europe (The Netherlands) (rough estimate): 1011 km Ferry connection - Car - Car - with mainland: Yes Boat Connection - pedestrian - with mainland: Yes Ferry - Car - connect with another island - Island hopping: No Boat Connection - pedestrian - with another island: No Bicycle facilities: Yes
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Camping 1) Seal Shore Camping & Touring Site 2) Runach Arainn (Joert-Yurt-site) 3) Bridgend Campsite Arran 4) Balmichael Glamping 5) Middletons Camping & Caravanning Park 6) Lochranza Caravan and Camping Site Holiday Home Bed & Breakfast accommodation-page Arran
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Landuse Arran
Forest
102.4 km2
Nature
230.9 km2
Agriculture
48 km2
Wet nature
41.6 km2
Water
4.7 km2
Urban area
3.9 km2
Infrastructure
0 km2
Viticulture
0 km2
Rock outcrop
0.2 km2