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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: -3.5554,Lat: 58.516
Elevation	76 meter above sea level
Local time	15:20:51pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Brawlbin	3.5 km	SouthWest
2 Halkirk	3.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lieurary	3.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Buckies	3.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Olgrinmore	4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	306 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	428 km	North
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	462 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 9 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Calder (3.5 km² at a distance of 1.2 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 314.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 441 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 286 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 28 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6 km2

7.6%

Nature

24.4 km2

31%

Wet nature

7.5 km2

9.6%

Agriculture

35.4 km2

45.1%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

4.7 km2

5.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Calder Mains in country Scotland

Calder Mains 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	58 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	281 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	287 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Thurso

Type of weather in Thurso	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.19 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	15 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	06:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:54 Europe/Amsterdam