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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: -3.3665,Lat: 58.471
Elevation	74 meter above sea level
Local time	17:59:20pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wester Watten	2.5 km	East
2 Watten	3.6 km	East
3 Spittal	3.7 km	West
4 Mybster	4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Mains of Watten	5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	303 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	437 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	461 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 14 km (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 2.1 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 306.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 430 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 281 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 16 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.4 km2

10.7%

Nature

20.5 km2

26.1%

Wet nature

8.4 km2

10.7%

Agriculture

36 km2

45.8%

Urban area

0.2 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

4.5 km2

5.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Backlass in country Scotland

Backlass 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	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	276 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	281 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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	06:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:58 Europe/Amsterdam