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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: -3.9013,Lat: 58.4821
Elevation	77 meter above sea level
Local time	17:04:58pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Highland
Name	North, West and Central Sutherland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Bighouse	0.7 km	NorthWest
2 Achiemore	1.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Dalhalvaig	1.7 km	South
4 Croick	2.6 km	South
5 Trantlemore	3.3 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	300 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	424 km	North
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	452 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 Druim a' Chliabhain (1.5 km² at a distance of 16.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 317.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 445 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 97%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 284 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

21 km2

26.8%

Wet nature

51.7 km2

65.9%

Agriculture

4 km2

5.1%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Craigtown in country Scotland

Craigtown 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	71 km	NorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	278 km	South
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	285 km	West

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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:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	09:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:44 Europe/Amsterdam