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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: -4.7442,Lat: 58.5649
Elevation	25 meter above sea level
Local time	1:54:40am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Highland
Name	North, West and Central Sutherland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Balnakeil	1.7 km	NorthWest
2 Leirinmore	1.8 km	EastSouthEast
3 Keoldale	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 Sangobeg	2.6 km	SouthEast
5 Sarsgrum	4.1 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	310 km	South
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	401 km	North
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	449 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Durness lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Hope (5.4 km² at a distance of 9.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 347.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 486 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 81%, hill: 14%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 301 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 97 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

28.9 km2

59.7%

Wet nature

7.6 km2

15.7%

Agriculture

8.2 km2

17%

Rock-Sand

2.1 km2

4.3%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Durness in country Scotland

Durness 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	102 km	EastNorthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	240 km	West
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	297 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at

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Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
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Wind direction:	North
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Daylength at 18 December 2024:	0 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam