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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: -4.361,Lat: 57.3107
Elevation	251 meter above sea level
Local time	0:55:08am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Aird and Loch Ness

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Abersky	1.8 km	East
2 Whitefield	3 km	NorthWest
3 Achnabat	3.7 km	NorthEast
4 Errogie	5.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Ault-Na-Goire	5.5 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	169 km	South
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	319 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	352 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 34 km (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Ruthven (1.4 km² at a distance of 2.4 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 218.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 306 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 23%, hill: 77%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 161 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Inverness Airport (at a distance of 32 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.6 km2

21.1%

Nature

36.8 km2

46.9%

Wet nature

2.3 km2

2.9%

Agriculture

9.4 km2

12%

Water - Lakes

13.5 km2

17.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Torness in country Scotland

Torness at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	157 km	South
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	167 km	SouthSouthEast
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	187 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Torness
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Drumnadrochit

Type of weather in Drumnadrochit	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	06:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:03 Europe/Amsterdam