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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: -3.3463,Lat: 58.5766
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	8:24:24am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Moss of Tain	0.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 Greenland	2.9 km	East
3 Castletown	3.1 km	NorthWest
4 Castlehill	3.3 km	NorthWest
5 Bowermadden	3.4 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	315 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	426 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	472 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 8.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 318 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 445 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, 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 293 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 20 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.8 km2

2.5%

Nature

12.1 km2

16.5%

Wet nature

7.6 km2

10.4%

Agriculture

44 km2

60.2%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

6.3 km2

8.7%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tain in country Scotland

Tain 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	48 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	287 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	293 km	South

Social media - Maps

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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Tain
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Thurso

Type of weather in Thurso	few clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	16 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	05:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:37 Europe/Amsterdam