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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: -1.9606,Lat: 57.5635
Elevation	54 meter above sea level
Local time	17:55:44pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Aberdeenshire
Name	Central Buchan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Leys	2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Hythie	2.3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Denhead	2.3 km	West
4 New Leeds	3.3 km	NorthWest
5 Rora	4 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	241 km	SouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	412 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	414 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction East). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strathbeg (2.2 km² at a distance of 7 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 195.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 274 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 200 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aberdeen Dyce Airport (at a distance of 43 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.7 km2

3.5%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.6%

Wet nature

4.6 km2

5.9%

Agriculture

70.3 km2

89.6%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Backfolds in country Scotland

Backfolds 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	175 km	NorthNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	195 km	SouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	196 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mintlaw

Type of weather in Mintlaw	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:48 Europe/Amsterdam