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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: -3.169,Lat: 58.6369
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	16:41:49pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Gills	1.1 km	South
2 Warse	1.5 km	EastSouthEast
3 Kirkstyle	2.1 km	East
4 East Mey	2.1 km	NorthWest
5 Canisbay	2.6 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	323 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	425 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	482 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Gills lies at the North Sea (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 18.3 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 322.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 451 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, The hills are mainly northern 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 300 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 20 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.7 km2

8.7%

Nature

6.2 km2

11.6%

Wet nature

24.4 km2

45.4%

Agriculture

18.5 km2

34.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gills in country Scotland

Gills 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	40 km	North
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	294 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	300 km	South

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ackergill

Type of weather in Ackergill	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.11 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	09:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:40 Europe/Amsterdam