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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: -3.4566,Lat: 58.5262
Elevation	76 meter above sea level
Local time	13:50:23pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sordale	0.7 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Braal Castle	1.6 km	WestSouthWest
3 Clayock	2 km	SouthEast
4 Knockdee	2.2 km	East
5 Achingills	2.3 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	308 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	429 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	465 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 6.5 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 314.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 440 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, 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 287 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 22 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

Nature

22.4 km2

28.5%

Wet nature

1.4 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

52.6 km2

67%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Roadside in country Scotland

Roadside 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	55 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	282 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	288 km	South

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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.42 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	16 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:12 Europe/Amsterdam