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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: -3.4066,Lat: 58.3664
Elevation	153 meter above sea level
Local time	2:47:36am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Crofts of Benachielt	4.7 km	South
2 Houstry	8.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Upper Camster	8.5 km	EastSouthEast
4 Roster	9 km	EastSouthEast
5 Swiney	9.2 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	291 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	447 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	449 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 10 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch More (2.4 km² at a distance of 9.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 296.4 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 415 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 93%, hill: 7%, 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 270 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 21 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.6 km2

Nature

18.3 km2

23.3%

Wet nature

55 km2

70.1%

Agriculture

2.5 km2

3.1%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Achavanich in country Scotland

Achavanich 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	71 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	264 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	270 km	South

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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:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 20 April 2024:	14 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	06:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam