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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: -3.4804,Lat: 58.5196
Elevation	59 meter above sea level
Local time	4:23:36am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Halkirk	1.2 km	SouthWest
2 Roadside	1.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Sordale	1.6 km	NorthEast
4 Clayock	2.9 km	EastSouthEast
5 Achingills	3.7 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	307 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	429 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	464 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Calder (3.5 km² at a distance of 5.6 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 314 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 440 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 287 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 24 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.2 km2

0.3%

Nature

22.9 km2

29.2%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

53.3 km2

67.8%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Braal Castle in country Scotland

Braal Castle 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	56 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	281 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	287 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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.55 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	979 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	6 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	10:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:20 Europe/Amsterdam