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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: -3.1704,Lat: 59.0308
Elevation	46 meter above sea level
Local time	1:33:39am
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	West Mainland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Brough	1.8 km	NorthWest
2 Netherbrough	1.9 km	WestNorthWest
3 Corrigall	2.7 km	North
4 Corston	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Finstown	3.7 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	366 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	386 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	524 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 2.8 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 5.1 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 365 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 511 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 84%, hill: 1%, 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 344 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 17 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

16.1 km2

20.8%

Wet nature

7.9 km2

10.2%

Agriculture

43.5 km2

56.2%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

9.4 km2

12.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bimbister in country Scotland

Bimbister 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	4 km	SouthSouthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	338 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	344 km	South

Social media - Maps

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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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	06:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:07 Europe/Amsterdam