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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.609,Lat: 59.1184
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	1:51:32am
At island	Stronsay
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	North Isles
Other place with same name 1	Aith Scotland - Shetland Islands
Other place with same name 2	Aith Scotland - Shetland Islands -
Other place with same name 3	Aith Scotland - Orkney Islands

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Grobister	1.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Everbay	1.9 km	SouthEast
3 Stebb Hill	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Hunton	2.4 km	North
5 Whitehall Village	2.6 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	383 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	394 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	545 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Aith lies at the North Sea (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 33.3 km in WestNorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Stronsay. The distance to the mainland is 52.2 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 370.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 518 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 42%, low location: 58%, The hills are mainly western 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 357 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 12 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

2.9 km2

8.7%

Agriculture

29 km2

88.4%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

1.2%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Aith in country Scotland

Aith 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	36 km	WestSouthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	351 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	355 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Aith
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kirkwall

Type of weather in Kirkwall	few clouds
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	998 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 23 January 2025:	7 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	09:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:06 Europe/Amsterdam