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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: -3.2691,Lat: 58.6501
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	14:56:36pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rattar	1.9 km	South
2 Mey	2.6 km	SouthEast
3 Ham	2.7 km	West
4 Barrock	3.4 km	SouthSouthWest
5 East Mey	4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	323 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	421 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	482 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Scarfskerry lies at the North Sea (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 17.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 324.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 455 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, 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 301 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 24 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2 km2

4.7%

Nature

3.2 km2

7.6%

Wet nature

9.2 km2

21.9%

Agriculture

25.1 km2

59.6%

Rock-Sand

1.8 km2

4.2%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Scarfskerry in country Scotland

Scarfskerry 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	39 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	296 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	301 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	moderate rain
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.64 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	990 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	09:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:40 Europe/Amsterdam