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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.7946,Lat: 56.5326
Elevation	123 meter above sea level
Local time	16:34:16pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Angus
Name	Carnoustie and District
Other place with same name 1	Craigton Scotland - Highland
Other place with same name 2	Craigton Scotland - Aberdeen City
Other place with same name 3	Craigton Scotland - Angus

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kirkton of Monikie	0.9 km	NorthEast
2 Monikie	1.3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Newbigging	2.5 km	SouthWest
4 Crombie	2.7 km	NorthEast
5 Drumsturdy	3.2 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	121 km	WestSouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	286 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	293 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction South). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Backwater Reservoir (1.5 km² at a distance of 33 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 93 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 130 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 94%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly southern 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 74 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dundee Airport (at a distance of 17 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.3 km2

Nature

2.7 km2

3.4%

Agriculture

66.6 km2

84.7%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Craigton in country Scotland

Craigton at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	70 km	SouthWest
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	70 km	SouthSouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	115 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Carnoustie

Type of weather in Carnoustie	few clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	09:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:51 Europe/Amsterdam