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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: -3.2016,Lat: 58.3271
Elevation	39 meter above sea level
Local time	10:22:51am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mid Clyth	1 km	SouthWest
2 Bruan	1.9 km	NorthEast
3 Clyth Mains	3.2 km	WestSouthWest
4 Whaligoe	3.2 km	NorthEast
5 Clyth	3.6 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	289 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	450 km	SouthWest
3 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	455 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Blackness lies at the North Sea (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 17.5 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 289 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 405 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 99%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 265 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 16 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.4 km2

19.1%

Nature

11.7 km2

26.7%

Wet nature

2.7 km2

Agriculture

21.2 km2

48.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Blackness in country Scotland

Blackness 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	75 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	260 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	265 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wick

Type of weather in Wick	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	16 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:10 Europe/Amsterdam