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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: -3.5269,Lat: 58.5907
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	2:14:24am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Highland
Name	Thurso

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dixonfield	2.3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Scrabster	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Glengolly	2.6 km	SouthWest
4 Haimer	3 km	EastSouthEast
5 Geise	3.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	314 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	421 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	470 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Thurso lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction East). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Calder (3.5 km² at a distance of 7.5 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 322.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 451 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 295 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 29 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

10.1 km2

16.2%

Wet nature

3.5 km2

5.6%

Agriculture

44.8 km2

72.2%

Urban area

3.1 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Thurso in country Scotland

Thurso 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	49 km	NorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	289 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	295 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Thurso
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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	982 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	6 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	10:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:20 Europe/Amsterdam