Thurso

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Thurso

Total population

7,390

Coordinates58.59°, -3.52°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Thurso is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. Situated in the historical County of Caithness, it is the northernmost town on the island of Great Britain. From a latitudinal standpoint, Thurso is located more than 500 miles (800 km) north of London and further north than the southernmost point of Norway.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Scotland

• Golval
  14.1 mi away
• Whaligoe
  21.4 mi away
• Torebeg
  23.8 mi away
• Melness
  33.1 mi away
• Toab
  33.5 mi away
• Greeny
  35.4 mi away
• Dalreavoch
  43.6 mi away
• Tannachy
  43.8 mi away
• Banscol
  44 mi away
• Durness
  44.2 mi away · pop. 347
• Farlary
  44.3 mi away
• Rhilochan
  44.5 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Thurso

Thurso and Dunbeath

Ordnance Survey · 1989

Thurso College (Change of Name) (Scotland) Order 1999

Scotland · 1999

Thurso

Ordnance Survey · 1978

The Viking Age in Caithness, Orkney, and the North Atlantic

Viking Congress (11th 1989 Thurso and Kirkwall, Scotland) · 1993

Robert Dick, baker, of Thurso, geologist and botanist

Samuel Smiles · 1878

Thurso and Wick, John O'Groats

Ordnance Survey · 1999

Thurso, Caithness

1900

Thurso, Wick and Surrounding Area

Ordnance Survey · 1994

Search results from Open Library.

Events

Notable, recurring, and historical events associated with Thurso, sourced from Wikidata.

• Royal National Mod

  festival

  Annual Scottish Gaelic cultural festival in Scotland

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Official Identifiers