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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: -3.3024,Lat: 58.9352
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	16:57:57pm
At island	Graemsay
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	Stromness and South Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Linksness	2.4 km	SouthWest
2 Hoy	3.1 km	SouthWest
3 Stromness	3.1 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Quoyness	3.3 km	South
5 Murra	3.7 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	354 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	392 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	511 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Breckan lies at the North Sea (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 6 km in NorthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Graemsay. The distance to the mainland is 28.4 km.

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 18.2 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 356.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 499 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 78%, hill: 9%, 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 333 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 23 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

14.7 km2

44.1%

Agriculture

17.1 km2

51.4%

Urban area

0.6 km2

1.8%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Breckan in country Scotland

Breckan 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	9.5 km	NorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	327 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	333 km	South

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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:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 17 April 2025:	14 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	06:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam