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Thurso, Caithness from the hill at Mountpleasant

Thurso Thurso is a town on the north coast of Caithness, the county's only town apart from Wick. The most northerly town on the mainland of Great Britain, Thurso sits on the north coast and looks out to the Orkney Islands, for which it provides the chief port. It is situated at the northern terminus of the A9 road, the main road linking Caithness with the rest of the country. It lies 20 miles west of John o' Groats and 21 miles northwest of Wick, the closest town. At latitude 59 degrees north, Thurso lies as far north as the Alaskan state capital of Juneau and as the city of Stavanger in Norway. Stavanger lies 332 miles to the east across the North Sea. The closest point on the Norwegian coast is 309 miles away. Thurso railway station is the most northerly location served by Britain's rail network, linking Thurso directly with Wick, the county town of Caithness, and with Inverness, on the Far North Line. (Read more)