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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: -3.4397,Lat: 58.5451
Elevation	77 meter above sea level
Local time	13:49:22pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Stemster	1.2 km	EastSouthEast
2 Hilliclay	1.7 km	NorthEast
3 Sordale	2.1 km	SouthWest
4 Knockdee	2.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Roadside	2.3 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	310 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	427 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	467 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 316 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 442 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 289 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 22 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.1 km2

1.5%

Nature

15.4 km2

19.7%

Wet nature

2.5 km2

3.2%

Agriculture

58.2 km2

74.1%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Achingills in country Scotland

Achingills 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	52 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	284 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	290 km	South

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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	light rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.84 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 10 May 2024:	16 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	05:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:24 Europe/Amsterdam