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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: -3.353,Lat: 58.517
Elevation	38 meter above sea level
Local time	10:35:30am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Halcro	1.9 km	EastNorthEast
2 North Watten	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Bowertower	2.8 km	NorthEast
4 Knockdee	4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Bower	4.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	308 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	432 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	466 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 9 km (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 1.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 311.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 436 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 16 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.2 km2

1.5%

Nature

13.4 km2

17.1%

Wet nature

5.1 km2

6.5%

Agriculture

54.5 km2

69.3%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

4.1 km2

5.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gillock in country Scotland

Gillock 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	54 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	281 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	286 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	few clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	06:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:58 Europe/Amsterdam