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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: -3.5543,Lat: 58.6088
Elevation	16 meter above sea level
Local time	17:53:55pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Thurso

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Thurso	2.6 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Glengolly	4.3 km	South
3 Newlands of Geise	4.4 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Dixonfield	4.6 km	SouthEast
5 Geise	5.2 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	316 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	418 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	472 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Scrabster lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction East). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Calder (3.5 km² at a distance of 8.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 324.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 455 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 297 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 32 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

11.4 km2

25.8%

Wet nature

1.6 km2

3.6%

Agriculture

27.5 km2

62.2%

Urban area

3.1 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Scrabster in country Scotland

Scrabster 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	48 km	NorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	291 km	South
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	297 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Scrabster
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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	clear sky
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	06:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:06 Europe/Amsterdam