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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: -3.4929,Lat: 58.5109
Elevation	52 meter above sea level
Local time	11:41:31am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Braal Castle	1.2 km	NorthEast
2 Roadside	2.7 km	EastNorthEast
3 Harpsdale	2.8 km	South
4 Sordale	2.8 km	NorthEast
5 Clayock	3.6 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	306 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	430 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	463 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 9 km (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Calder (3.5 km² at a distance of 4.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 313.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 439 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 24 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

Nature

27 km2

34.3%

Wet nature

1.6 km2

Agriculture

48 km2

61.1%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Halkirk in country Scotland

Halkirk 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	57 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	280 km	South
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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	16 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:19 Europe/Amsterdam