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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: -3.9699,Lat: 57.9915
Elevation	120 meter above sea level
Local time	18:08:14pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	East Sutherland and Edderton

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Golspie	2.1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Culmaily	4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Kirkton	4.9 km	WestSouthWest
4 Doll	5 km	East
5 North Brora Muir	5.9 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	245 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	398 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	429 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Brora (2.3 km² at a distance of 4 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 269.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 377 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 53%, hill: 40%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 230 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.6 km2

22.2%

Nature

31.2 km2

50.7%

Wet nature

6.5 km2

10.5%

Agriculture

7.8 km2

12.7%

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.9%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Backies in country Scotland

Backies 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	121 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	225 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	232 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Golspie

Type of weather in Golspie	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	06:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:58 Europe/Amsterdam