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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: -2.1269,Lat: 57.5939
Elevation	81 meter above sea level
Local time	18:08:04pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Aberdeenshire
Name	Central Buchan
Other place with same name 1	Knowhead Scotland - East Ayrshire

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Strichen	2.3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Hillhead of Auchentumb	2.8 km	North
3 Adziel	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 New Pitsligo	4.3 km	West
5 Craigmaud	4.6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	238 km	SouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	410 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	411 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 9 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strathbeg (2.2 km² at a distance of 13.7 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 198.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 278 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 99%, hill: 1%, 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 199 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aberdeen Dyce Airport (at a distance of 44 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.2 km2

6.6%

Nature

1.6 km2

Wet nature

6.2 km2

7.9%

Agriculture

64.6 km2

82.3%

Urban area

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Knowhead in country Scotland

Knowhead 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	168 km	North
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	194 km	SouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	195 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mintlaw

Type of weather in Mintlaw	few clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.97 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	975 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	7 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	09:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:38 Europe/Amsterdam