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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: -4.204,Lat: 58.3903
Elevation	81 meter above sea level
Local time	20:46:51pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	North, West and Central Sutherland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rough Haugh	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Rhifail	3.1 km	NorthEast
3 Syre	3.6 km	SouthWest
4 Achargary	7.7 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Skelpick	9.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	289 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	428 km	North
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	437 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 13 km (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Loyal (6.1 km² at a distance of 8 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 315.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 442 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 75%, hill: 25%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 277 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 65 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.4 km2

0.5%

Nature

33.4 km2

42.5%

Wet nature

39.7 km2

50.6%

Agriculture

5 km2

6.4%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Skail in country Scotland

Skail 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	90 km	NorthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	265 km	West
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	271 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Skail
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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	light rain
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.91 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	15 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	06:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:59 Europe/Amsterdam