Skigersta
in Eilean Siar of Scotland, United Kingdom
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Stornoway Airport (18 mi) - Benbecula Airport (80 mi)
- Skye Bridge Ashaig Airport (85 mi)
- Barra Airport (110 mi)
- Coll Airport (130 mi)
- Glenforsa Airfield (136 mi)
- Tiree Airport (139 mi)
- Oban Airport (142 mi)
- St Kilda (Unesco heritage, 63 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 58.473 and -6.211 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 58° 28' 24" and W -6° 12' 40"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 11:34 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 8:16 am and 4:02 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -46.483 and 169.700 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Pounawea - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Discover Skigersta
Skigersta in Eilean Siar (Scotland) is a place in United Kingdom about 538 mi (or 865 km) north-west of London, the country's capital city.
Current time in Skigersta is now 11:34 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 8 airports near Skigersta. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Stornoway Airport in a distance of 18 mi (or 30 km), South. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's St Kilda in a distance of 63 mi (or 102 km), South-West.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Stornoway, Highland, Inverness, Lochgilphead and Greenock. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 12°C / 53 °F
| Morning Temperature | 12°C / 53 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Night Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 1% |
| Air Humidity | 91% |
| Air Pressure | 1013 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Strong breeze with 22 km/h (14 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 75% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
7°C (45 °F)
6°C (42 °F)
Light rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
5°C (40 °F)
2°C (36 °F)
Rain and snow, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
4°C (39 °F)
2°C (35 °F)
Light snow, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Videos from this area
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The Moon reflecting over Port of Ness bay, harbour & beach (July 2013) HD
Moon reflecting over Port of Ness bay, harbour & beach, July 2013. Filmed with Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ30 / DMC-ZS20 in HD.
Port of Ness Harbour & Bay
Port of Ness Harbour and Bay.
My chicken shed
My chicken shed tour. Made out of freebies and recovered wood.
Port of Ness Harbour & Bay
Port of Ness Harbour and Bay from Breakwater.
Port of Ness Harbour & Bay
Port of Ness Harbour and Bay from end of Breakwater.
Lee Johnson v Point
1st goal. He got 3, we won 4-0.
Port of Ness Beach
Port of Ness Beach at high tide.
Aurora, Eoropie, Isle of Lewis.
Taken from 38 x 30 second exposures from a EOS 1000D. 03 May 2010 @ 02:00.
Windy Day 1
Windy day on Europie beach -not great footage but the sound of the high winds very realistic!
Butt of Lewis, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
Butt of Lewis, Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Skigersta
Skigersta is a village in the south east of Ness, Outer Hebrides in Scotland. There is a quay built in 1901 and a shingle beach. Skigersta was a location for fish curing in the 19th century with the ruins of the curing bothies still visible next to the river and a man made channel in the shoreline allowing easier access for the boats. The area of Skigersta near the shore is called 'Lachamore'. A cargo ship the Dun Alasdair heading to America was wrecked of Skigersta in 1885 in fog.
Dùn Èistean
Dùn Èistean is a multi-period archaeological site on an inter- tidal sea stack on the north east coast of the Isle of Lewis, near the village of Knockaird (Cnoc Àrd, Nis) in the area of Nis in the Western Isles of Scotland. It is accorded the status of traditional stronghold of Clan Morrison - once a highly powerful family within the Lordship of the Isles - in local oral tradition.
Adabroc
Adabroc is a village in the area of Ness, Lewis, in Scotland's Western Isles. It is at the northern tip of the island, south-west of Port of Ness.
Fivepenny
Fivepenny is one of the many villages in the Lewis district of Ness (Nis in Gaelic) and part of the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. There are two separate places with this name, both in the north-west of Lewis. Furthest north in Ness the full name of the village there is Còig Peighinnean Nis, and in the Borve area further south the village there is Còig Peighinnean Bhuirgh. Both are known locally as Na Còig Peighinnean, the full name only being used to distinguish one from the other.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Skigersta.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Port Skiogar, Skigersta, Skegirstra, Sgiogarstaigh
