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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: -3.0488,Lat: 56.825
Elevation	280 meter above sea level
Local time	21:24:41pm
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Angus
Name	Kirriemuir and Dean

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rottal	1.6 km	SouthSouthEast
2 The Drums	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Clova	4.1 km	NorthWest
4 Clachnabrain	4.9 km	South
5 Glenprosen Village	5.8 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	136 km	SouthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	308 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	311 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 38 km (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Backwater Reservoir (1.5 km² at a distance of 13.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lochnager with a height of 1154 meter (at a distance of 19.1 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 129 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 181 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 63%, low mountains: 31%, moderate high mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 100 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dundee Airport (at a distance of 42 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.8 km2

3.5%

Nature

64.3 km2

81.9%

Wet nature

4 km2

5.1%

Agriculture

7.5 km2

9.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wheen in country Scotland

Wheen 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	94 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	98 km	SouthSouthWest
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	138 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kirriemuir

Type of weather in Kirriemuir	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	15 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	06:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:48 Europe/Amsterdam