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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: -3.4332,Lat: 58.5915
Elevation	30 meter above sea level
Local time	19:36:47pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Clardon	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Castletown	2.3 km	EastSouthEast
3 Haimer	2.7 km	West
4 Castlehill	2.8 km	East
5 Dixonfield	3.4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	315 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	423 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	472 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Murkle lies at the North Sea (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 11.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 320.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 449 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 96%, The hills are mainly northern 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 295 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 25 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.2 km2

0.3%

Nature

7 km2

12.6%

Wet nature

4.1 km2

7.4%

Agriculture

41.7 km2

75.4%

Urban area

1.2 km2

2.1%

Rock-Sand

1.1 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Murkle in country Scotland

Murkle 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	47 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	289 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	295 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Murkle
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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	moderate rain
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.53 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	09:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:41 Europe/Amsterdam