Aikers

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.948,Lat: 58.7997
Elevation	79 meter above sea level
Local time	18:55:22pm
At island	South Ronaldsay
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lythes	1.3 km	South
2 Eastside	1.7 km	EastNorthEast
3 Sandwick	1.8 km	SouthWest
4 Widewall	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
5 Suckquoy	2.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	344 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	414 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	504 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Aikers lies at the North Sea (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 25.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named South Ronaldsay. The distance to the mainland is 10.4 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 337.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 472 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 91%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 319 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 18 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

0.4 km2

Agriculture

39.2 km2

98%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Aikers in country Scotland

Aikers 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	26 km	NorthNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	313 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	318 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Aikers
	TikTok
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	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orphir

Type of weather in Orphir	broken clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 24 April 2024:	15 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	06:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:46 Europe/Amsterdam