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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.8878,Lat: 56.4501
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	4:17:22am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Fife
Name	Tay Bridgehead

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Scotscraig	1.1 km	SouthWest
2 Broughty Ferry	2.7 km	NorthEast
3 Barnhill	3.6 km	NorthEast
4 Pickletillem	4.7 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Newport-on-Tay	4.8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	111 km	WestSouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	275 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	282 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Tayport lies at the North Sea (direction East). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Backwater Reservoir (1.5 km² at a distance of 35.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 88.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 124 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 19%, low location: 81%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 63 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dundee Airport (at a distance of 8.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.6 km2

12.2%

Nature

2 km2

2.6%

Wet nature

5.4 km2

6.9%

Agriculture

21.4 km2

27.2%

Urban area

16.8 km2

21.3%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

19.2 km2

24.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tayport in country Scotland

Tayport 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	59 km	SouthWest
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	59 km	SouthSouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	104 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tayport

Type of weather in Tayport	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	986 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	6 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	09:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:33 Europe/Amsterdam