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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.8971,Lat: 58.4936
Elevation	70 meter above sea level
Local time	8:11:28am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Highland
Name	North, West and Central Sutherland
Other place with same name 1	Achiemore Scotland - Highland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Bighouse	1.1 km	SouthWest
2 Craigtown	1.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Dalhalvaig	3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Croick	3.9 km	South
5 Golval	4.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	301 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	423 km	North
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	453 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Calder (3.5 km² at a distance of 16.9 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 319 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 447 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 96%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is 0.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 285 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 47 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.2 km2

1.6%

Nature

20.6 km2

26.2%

Wet nature

51.3 km2

65.3%

Agriculture

4.9 km2

6.2%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Achiemore in country Scotland

Achiemore at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	70 km	NorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	280 km	South
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	285 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Achiemore
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Thurso

Type of weather in Thurso	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.38 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	998 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	7 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	09:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:40 Europe/Amsterdam