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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: -3.2209,Lat: 59.0792
Elevation	49 meter above sea level
Local time	21:22:33pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	West Mainland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Quoyscottie	0.6 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Dounby	1.3 km	SouthWest
3 Greeny	1.7 km	NorthWest
4 Mirbister	2 km	South
5 Click Mill	2.5 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	371 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	380 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	528 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 2.6 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 5.8 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 370.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 519 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 90%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 349 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 23 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

11 km2

14%

Wet nature

13.4 km2

17%

Agriculture

47.2 km2

60%

Water - Lakes

7.1 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Beaquoy in country Scotland

Beaquoy 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	9.4 km	South
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	343 km	West
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	344 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Beaquoy
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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	light rain
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	12.53 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	15 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	06:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:58 Europe/Amsterdam