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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: -3.2856,Lat: 58.6211
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	19:19:34pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Inkstack	1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Rattar	1.8 km	NorthEast
3 Ham	3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Lochend	3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Scarfskerry	3.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	320 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	423 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	478 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named South East. The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 14.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 321.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 451 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, The hills are mainly western 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 298 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 21 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.8 km2

Nature

3.1 km2

4.6%

Wet nature

14.9 km2

21.9%

Agriculture

36.9 km2

54.1%

Rock-Sand

6.9 km2

10.1%

Water - Lakes

1.6 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Barrock in country Scotland

Barrock 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	42 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	292 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	298 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	few clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	09:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:41 Europe/Amsterdam