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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: -4.058,Lat: 57.8114
Elevation	22 meter above sea level
Local time	17:57:33pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Highland
Name	Tain and Easter Ross
Other place with same name 1	Tain Scotland - Highland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Knockbreck	1.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Morangie	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Aldie	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Tarlogie	2.9 km	NorthWest
5 Quarryhill	3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	225 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	378 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	409 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Eye (1.8 km² at a distance of 4.9 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 254.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 356 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 20%, low location: 71%, hill: 9%, 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 212 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Inverness Airport (at a distance of 30 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.9 km2

27.8%

Nature

3.9 km2

4.9%

Wet nature

12.2 km2

15.5%

Agriculture

26.1 km2

33.2%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.7%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.5%

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

9.8 km2

12.5%

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	142 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	206 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	214 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Tain
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tain

Type of weather in Tain	light rain
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	09:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:49 Europe/Amsterdam