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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: -3.3939,Lat: 58.5891
Elevation	28 meter above sea level
Local time	17:44:43pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Castlehill	1 km	NorthEast
2 Murkle	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Tain	3.1 km	SouthEast
4 Clardon	3.9 km	WestNorthWest
5 Hilliclay	3.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	315 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	424 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	473 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Castletown lies at the North Sea (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 10.2 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 320 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 448 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 96%, 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 294 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 23 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.4 km2

2.2%

Nature

8.5 km2

13.5%

Wet nature

5 km2

7.9%

Agriculture

42.1 km2

67%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.8%

Rock-Sand

5.4 km2

8.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castletown in country Scotland

Castletown 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	47 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	289 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	295 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Castletown
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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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.93 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	06:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:59 Europe/Amsterdam