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Lower Dounreay

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.743,Lat: 58.5724
Elevation	27 meter above sea level
Local time	9:42:13am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Buldoo	1.2 km	EastNorthEast
2 Isauld	1.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Achvarasdal	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Achreamie	2.7 km	East
5 Reay	2.9 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	311 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	418 km	North
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	464 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Lower Dounreay lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Calder (3.5 km² at a distance of 9 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 324.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 454 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, 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 293 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 40 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9 km2

16.7%

Nature

17.7 km2

32.8%

Wet nature

3.7 km2

6.8%

Agriculture

21 km2

38.9%

Urban area

0.8 km2

1.5%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lower Dounreay in country Scotland

Lower Dounreay 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	NorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	288 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	294 km	South

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Filming Location	IMDB Lower Dounreay
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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:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	16 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:18 Europe/Amsterdam