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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: -3.1626,Lat: 58.6275
Elevation	30 meter above sea level
Local time	15:24:02pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gills	1.1 km	North
2 Warse	1.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Brabster	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Kirkstyle	2 km	EastNorthEast
5 Canisbay	2.3 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	322 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	426 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	482 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Upper Gills lies at the North Sea (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 17.5 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 321 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 449 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is 0.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 299 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 19 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.9 km2

11.1%

Nature

5.8 km2

9.3%

Wet nature

31.8 km2

50.9%

Agriculture

17.9 km2

28.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Upper Gills in country Scotland

Upper Gills 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	41 km	North
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	293 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	299 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	fog
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	16 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	05:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:34 Europe/Amsterdam