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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: -3.2868,Lat: 58.4876
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	6:23:42am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Watten	2.1 km	SouthWest
2 Wester Watten	2.7 km	WestSouthWest
3 North Watten	3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Myrelandhorn	4.2 km	EastNorthEast
5 Bilbster	4.2 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	305 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	437 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	464 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 9 km (direction East). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 0.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 307.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 431 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, 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 283 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 12 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.9 km2

3.7%

Nature

4.2 km2

5.4%

Wet nature

18.3 km2

23.3%

Agriculture

48.8 km2

62.1%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

3.8 km2

4.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mains of Watten in country Scotland

Mains of Watten 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	277 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	283 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ackergill

Type of weather in Ackergill	mist
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	16 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	06:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:11 Europe/Amsterdam