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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: -3.6876,Lat: 58.1
Elevation	86 meter above sea level
Local time	2:07:27am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Highland
Name	East Sutherland and Edderton

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gartymore	1.2 km	NorthEast
2 West Helmsdale	1.9 km	NorthEast
3 East Helmsdale	3.2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Culgower	3.2 km	WestSouthWest
5 Navidale	4.2 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	259 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	415 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	443 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Portgower lies at the North Sea (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Brora (2.3 km² at a distance of 16.2 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 273.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 383 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 47%, hill: 49%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 241 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

33.2 km2

77.7%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

8.4 km2

19.7%

Urban area

0.5 km2

1.1%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Portgower in country Scotland

Portgower 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	104 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	235 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	241 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Brora

Type of weather in Brora	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	983 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	6 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	09:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:24 Europe/Amsterdam