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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: -3.2656,Lat: 58.5961
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	18:20:37pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Inkstack	2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Greenland	2.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Barrock	3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Reaster	3.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Slickly	3.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	318 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	426 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	476 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 5 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named South East. The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 11.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 318.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 446 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, 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 295 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

6.2 km2

7.8%

Nature

7.4 km2

9.4%

Wet nature

22.6 km2

28.8%

Agriculture

35.2 km2

44.9%

Rock-Sand

6.4 km2

8.1%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lochend in country Scotland

Lochend 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	45 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	290 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	295 km	South

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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:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	16 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:12 Europe/Amsterdam