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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: -3.0839,Lat: 58.4447
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	2:05:52am
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Highland
Name	Wick

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Staxigoe	1.9 km	EastNorthEast
2 Upper Gillock	2.1 km	NorthWest
3 Ackergill	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Milton	2.6 km	West
5 Newton	2.6 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	303 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	446 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	464 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Wick lies at the North Sea (direction SouthSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Watten (3.7 km² at a distance of 12.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 300.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 420 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 11%, low location: 89%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 279 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Wick Airport (at a distance of 1.7 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

4.6 km2

10.3%

Agriculture

34.9 km2

77.7%

Urban area

2.1 km2

4.7%

Infrastructure

2.6 km2

5.8%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wick in country Scotland

Wick 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	62 km	North
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	273 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	278 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wick

Type of weather in Wick	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	16 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:13 Europe/Amsterdam