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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: -3.3008,Lat: 59.0099
Elevation	27 meter above sea level
Local time	21:27:00pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	Stromness and South Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Voy	1 km	North
2 Quholm	1.9 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Hestwall	2.6 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Yesnaby	3.2 km	NorthWest
5 Tenston	3.4 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	363 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	384 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	519 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 0.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 12.2 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 364.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 510 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 16%, low location: 84%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Hoy and West Mainland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 341 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 23 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

10.8 km2

15.5%

Agriculture

44.1 km2

63.2%

Urban area

0.2 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

14.7 km2

21.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arion in country Scotland

Arion 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	6.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	336 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	336 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stromness

Type of weather in Stromness	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	16 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:14 Europe/Amsterdam