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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: -2.7649,Lat: 57.4083
Elevation	234 meter above sea level
Local time	17:41:54pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Aberdeenshire
Name	Huntly, Strathbogle and Howe of Alford

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Backburn	1.4 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Kirkstile	1.6 km	WestSouthWest
3 Bridgend	2.7 km	WestNorthWest
4 Culdrain	2.9 km	WestSouthWest
5 Slioch	3.5 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	201 km	SouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	371 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	379 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 31 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Lochindorb (2 km² at a distance of 56 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 183.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 257 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 47%, hill: 53%, 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 167 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aberdeen Dyce Airport (at a distance of 41 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.8 km2

17.6%

Nature

8.1 km2

10.3%

Agriculture

54.8 km2

69.7%

Urban area

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Shanquhar in country Scotland

Shanquhar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	162 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	165 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	179 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Huntly

Type of weather in Huntly	snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	990 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	09:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:46 Europe/Amsterdam