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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: -3.3496,Lat: 58.6201
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	19:32:36pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hunspow	1.8 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Brough	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Ham	3.4 km	NorthEast
4 Castlehill	3.4 km	SouthWest
5 Barrock	3.7 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	319 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	422 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	477 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Dunnet lies at the North Sea (direction SouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 13.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 322.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 452 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 95%, The hills are mainly northern 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 298 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 23 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1 km2

1.7%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.7%

Wet nature

14.5 km2

25.1%

Agriculture

32.5 km2

56.2%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.9%

Rock-Sand

7.4 km2

12.8%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Dunnet in country Scotland

Dunnet 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	43 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	292 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	298 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Dunnet
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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:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:08 Europe/Amsterdam