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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: -2.6859,Lat: 59.2197
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	4:56:52am
At island	Sanday
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	North Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Stove	1.5 km	South
2 Calfsound	3.6 km	WestNorthWest
3 Millbounds	4.5 km	West
4 Benstonhall	5.5 km	West
5 Broughtown	6.2 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	382 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	393 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	553 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Braeswick lies at the North Sea (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 30.6 km in Western direction).The place is located at an island named Sanday. The distance to the mainland is 63.5 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 381.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 535 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 22%, low location: 78%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 367 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 5.9 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

6.4 km2

29.9%

Wet nature

0.8 km2

3.8%

Agriculture

13.2 km2

61.3%

Rock-Sand

1.1 km2

4.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Braeswick in country Scotland

Braeswick 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	38 km	WestSouthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	362 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	366 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pierowall

Type of weather in Pierowall	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.52 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 25 April 2024:	15 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	06:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:49 Europe/Amsterdam