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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: -3.2992,Lat: 58.5839
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	11:27:21am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Moss of Tain	2 km	WestSouthWest
2 Reaster	2.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Lochend	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Tain	2.9 km	West
5 Bowermadden	3.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	316 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	427 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	474 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 9.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 318.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 445 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 18 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.9 km2

3.8%

Nature

7.8 km2

10.1%

Wet nature

15.3 km2

20%

Agriculture

42.5 km2

55.4%

Urban area

0.2 km2

0.2%

Rock-Sand

7.3 km2

9.5%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Greenland in country Scotland

Greenland 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	46 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	288 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	294 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Greenland
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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:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	16 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:17 Europe/Amsterdam