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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: -3.1134,Lat: 58.4562
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	2:14:49am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ackergill	0.5 km	NorthEast
2 Milton	1.9 km	SouthWest
3 Wick	2.1 km	SouthEast
4 Reiss	2.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Sibster	2.7 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	304 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	444 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	465 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 10.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 301.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 422 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 280 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 1.2 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.2 km2

0.3%

Nature

0.2 km2

0.3%

Wet nature

6.1 km2

10.3%

Agriculture

46.9 km2

80.1%

Urban area

2.1 km2

3.6%

Infrastructure

2.6 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Upper Gillock in country Scotland

Upper Gillock 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	60 km	North
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	274 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	280 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ackergill

Type of weather in Ackergill	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	983 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	6 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	09:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:19 Europe/Amsterdam