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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: -4.0417,Lat: 57.5826
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	6:08:14am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Culloden and Ardersier

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fort George	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Ardersier	1.7 km	South
3 Gollanfield	4.4 km	SouthEast
4 Rosemarkie	4.6 km	WestNorthWest
5 Milton of Gollanfield	4.7 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	199 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	354 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	383 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Kirkton lies at the North Sea (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Eye (1.8 km² at a distance of 22.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 232 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 325 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 43%, low location: 57%, 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 186 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Inverness Airport (at a distance of 4.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.2 km2

13%

Nature

2.3 km2

5.6%

Wet nature

4.3 km2

10.7%

Agriculture

19 km2

47.4%

Urban area

3.3 km2

8.1%

Infrastructure

1.8 km2

4.5%

Rock-Sand

3.3 km2

8.2%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kirkton in country Scotland

Kirkton 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	166 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	181 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	189 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fortrose

Type of weather in Fortrose	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:03 Europe/Amsterdam