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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: -3.9276,Lat: 58.5557
Elevation	25 meter above sea level
Local time	13:35:39pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	North, West and Central Sutherland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bighouse	1.4 km	East
2 Baligill	3.1 km	WestNorthWest
3 Golval	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Totegan	6 km	NorthWest
5 Brawl	7.1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	308 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	416 km	North
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	459 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Portskerra lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Calder (3.5 km² at a distance of 18.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 326.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 457 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 95%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is 0.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 292 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 50 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.1 km2

2.1%

Nature

17.8 km2

33.9%

Wet nature

25.3 km2

48.2%

Agriculture

8.3 km2

15.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Portskerra in country Scotland

Portskerra 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	65 km	NorthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	285 km	West
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	287 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Portskerra
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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	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.93 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	16 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:12 Europe/Amsterdam