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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: -3.2341,Lat: 58.6361
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	9:20:06am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Landward Caithness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rattar	1.9 km	West
2 East Mey	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Scarfskerry	2.6 km	NorthWest
4 Barrock	3.4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Inkstack	3.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	322 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	423 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	481 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Mey lies at the North Sea (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 16.7 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 322.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 452 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 300 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 21 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.2 km2

10.9%

Nature

5.6 km2

9.9%

Wet nature

16.5 km2

29.1%

Agriculture

27.4 km2

48.4%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mey in country Scotland

Mey 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	40 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	294 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	300 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Mey
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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	few clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.67 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	16 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	06:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:10 Europe/Amsterdam