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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: -3.6692,Lat: 58.6069
Elevation	13 meter above sea level
Local time	12:43:07pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bridge of Forss	1.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Achreamie	3.7 km	SouthWest
3 Buldoo	4.6 km	WestSouthWest
4 Lower Dounreay	5.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Shebster	6.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	315 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	416 km	North
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	469 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Crosskirk lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Calder (3.5 km² at a distance of 8.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 326.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 457 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 297 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 37 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

14.1 km2

33.6%

Wet nature

1.9 km2

4.4%

Agriculture

25 km2

59.6%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.6%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Crosskirk in country Scotland

Crosskirk 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	52 km	NorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	291 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	297 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 Thurso

Type of weather in Thurso	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	16 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:11 Europe/Amsterdam