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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: -2.0007,Lat: 57.6369
Elevation	24 meter above sea level
Local time	4:18:37am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Aberdeenshire
Name	Fraserburgh and District
Other place with same name 1	Rathen Sachsen -
Other place with same name 2	Rathen Saarland -

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lonmay	2.7 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Memsie	3.5 km	NorthWest
3 Gowanhill	3.7 km	EastNorthEast
4 Newburgh	3.9 km	WestSouthWest
5 Cairness	3.9 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	247 km	SouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	418 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	419 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strathbeg (2.2 km² at a distance of 5.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 203.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 285 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 92%, 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 206 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aberdeen Dyce Airport (at a distance of 50 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.3 km2

6.8%

Nature

1.5 km2

1.9%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

68.9 km2

87.9%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.9%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rathen in country Scotland

Rathen 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	166 km	NorthNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	202 km	SouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	203 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fraserburgh

Type of weather in Fraserburgh	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	984 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	6 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	09:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:21 Europe/Amsterdam