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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: -2.9323,Lat: 58.9769
Elevation	6 meter above sea level
Local time	8:47:40am
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	Kirkwall East

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kirkwall	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Tradespark	2.1 km	SouthWest
3 Craigiefield	2.3 km	North
4 Scapa	2.9 km	WestSouthWest
5 Gill of Garth	3.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	363 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	398 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	523 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Berstane lies at the North Sea (direction East). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 15.4 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 14.9 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 356.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 500 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 16%, low location: 84%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 339 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 2.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

1.3 km2

2.6%

Wet nature

3.4 km2

6.8%

Agriculture

39.4 km2

79.2%

Urban area

3.7 km2

7.4%

Infrastructure

1.5 km2

2.9%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Berstane in country Scotland

Berstane 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	15 km	WestNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	333 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	338 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Berstane
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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	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	06:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:06 Europe/Amsterdam