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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: -1.7957,Lat: 57.4912
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	17:34:11pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Aberdeenshire
Name	Peterhead South and Cruden

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Whitehill	1.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Boddam	2.4 km	South
3 Sandfordhill	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Hillhead of Cocklaw	3.8 km	West
5 Inverugie	4.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	241 km	SouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	408 km	SouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	414 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Peterhead lies at the North Sea (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strathbeg (2.2 km² at a distance of 13.8 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 188 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 263 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 95%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 197 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aberdeen Dyce Airport (at a distance of 40 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

0.8 km2

1.9%

Agriculture

33.1 km2

75.7%

Urban area

8 km2

18.3%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Peterhead in country Scotland

Peterhead 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	186 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	193 km	SouthWest
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	193 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Peterhead

Type of weather in Peterhead	broken clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.8 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	989 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	09:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:41 Europe/Amsterdam