Difference between revisions of "Thurso, United Kingdom"

Latest revision as of 03:37, 20 March 2024

This graticule is located at 58,-3. It contains the county of Caithness along with some of neighbouring Sutherland and parts of the Orkney Islands. It is quite sparsely populated with only a few small towns and some even smaller villages. Places of note include the village of John o' Groats which is known for charity events involving traveling between there and Land's End in Cornwall, Dunnet Head which is the most northerly point in mainland Britain, and the nuclear research facility of Dounreay.

Geohashers

SuicideCraze

Successful Expeditions

2010-02-15 58 -3 - By the side of the road, just outside Canisby.
2010-01-25 58 -3 - Broubster Forest, south of Dounreay. Virgin geohash.

Gratiucle's Achievements

SuicideCraze earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (58, -3) graticule, here, on 2010-01-25.

Geohashers achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Thurso, United Kingdom and 2 of the surrounding graticules.

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-{{graticule |map = <map lat="58" lon="-3" /> | n = [[Dounby, United Kingdom|Dounby]] | s = [[Elgin, United Kingdom|Elgin]] | ne = [[Balfour, United Kingdom|Balfour]] | se = [[Aberdeen, United Kingdom|Aberdeen]] | nw = [[North Sea 59, -4|North Sea ]] | sw = [[Inverness, United Kingdom|Inverness]] | e = [[Kirkwall, United Kingdom|Kirkwall]] | w = [[Tongue, United Kingdom|Tongue]] | }}
+{{graticule
-This graticule is located at [[58,-3]]. [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=58&long=-3&zoom=9&abs=-1 Today's location]
+   | lat= 58
-[[Category:Inactive Graticules]]
+   | lon= -3
+   | nw = [[Atlantic Ocean 59, -4|Atlantic Ocean]]
+   | n  = [[Dounby, United Kingdom|Dounby]]
+   | ne = [[Balfour, United Kingdom|Balfour]]
+   | w  = [[Tongue, United Kingdom|Tongue]]
+   | name = [[Thurso, United Kingdom|Thurso]]
+   | e  = [[Kirkwall, United Kingdom|Kirkwall]]
+   | sw = [[Inverness, United Kingdom|Inverness]]
+   | s  = [[Elgin, United Kingdom|Elgin]]
+   | se = [[Aberdeen, United Kingdom|Aberdeen]]
+}}
+This graticule is located at {{Today's location|lat=58|lon=-3|text=58,-3}}. It contains the county of Caithness along with some of neighbouring Sutherland and parts of the Orkney Islands. It is quite sparsely populated with only a few small towns and some even smaller villages. Places of note include the village of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_o%27_Groats John o' Groats] which is known for charity events involving traveling between there and Land's End in Cornwall, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnet_Head Dunnet Head] which is the most northerly point in mainland Britain, and the nuclear research facility of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dounreay Dounreay].
+== Geohashers ==
+*[[User:SuicideCraze|SuicideCraze]]
+== Successful Expeditions ==
+*[[2010-02-15 58 -3]] - By the side of the road, just outside Canisby.
+*[[2010-01-25 58 -3]] - Broubster Forest, south of Dounreay. Virgin geohash.
+== Gratiucle's Achievements ==
+{{Graticule unlocked | latitude = 58 | longitude = -3 | date = 2010-01-25 | name = [[User:SuicideCraze|SuicideCraze]]}}
+{{Minesweeper geohash | graticule = Thurso, United Kingdom | ranknumber = 2 | se = true | s = true | name = Geohashers}}
+[[Category:Inactive graticules]]
 [[Category:United Kingdom]]

Atlantic Ocean	Dounby	Balfour
Tongue	Thurso	Kirkwall
Inverness	Elgin	Aberdeen
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