Traveling Luck for Baxter Rock Highland, United Kingdom United Kingdom flag

The timezone in Baxter Rock is Europe/London
Morning Sunrise at 09:00 and Evening Sunset at 15:17. It's light
Rough GPS position Latitude. 58.6333°, Longitude. -3.0167°

Weather near Baxter Rock Last report from Wick, 21.4km away

Weather light shower(s) rain Temperature: 7°C / 45°F
Wind: 32.2km/h West gusting to 50.6km/h
Cloud: Scattered Cumulonimbus at 1700ft

Satellite map of Baxter Rock and it's surroudings

Geographic features & Photographs around Baxter Rock in Highland, United Kingdom

populated place a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

point a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape.

cape a land area, more prominent than a point, projecting into the sea and marking a notable change in coastal direction.

Accommodation around Baxter Rock

Seaview Hotel County Road, John o' Groats

Ackergill Tower Ackergill Tower, Wick

Sinclair Bay Hotel Main Street, Keiss

bay a coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.

rocks conspicuous, isolated rocky masses.

island a tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.

ruin(s) a destroyed or decayed structure which is no longer functional.

sound a long arm of the sea forming a channel between the mainland and an island or islands; or connecting two larger bodies of water.

whirlpool a turbulent, rotating movement of water in a stream.

hill a rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m.

current a horizontal flow of water in a given direction with uniform velocity.

stream a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.

estuary a funnel-shaped stream mouth or embayment where fresh water mixes with sea water under tidal influences.

shoal(s) a surface-navigation hazard composed of unconsolidated material.

headland a high projection of land extending into a large body of water beyond the line of the coast.

harbor(s) a haven or space of deep water so sheltered by the adjacent land as to afford a safe anchorage for ships.


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Airports close to Baxter Rock

Wick(WIC), Wick, U.k. (21.4km)
Kirkwall(KOI), Kirkwall, Scotland (39.4km)
Lossiemouth(LMO), Lossiemouth, U.k (113km)
Inverness(INV), Inverness, U.k (146.4km)
Dyce(ABZ), Aberdeen, U.k (179km)
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