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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: -3.3407,Lat: 59.1058
Elevation	55 meter above sea level
Local time	20:54:49pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	West Mainland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Marwick	1 km	SouthEast
2 Lower Palace	2.4 km	NorthEast
3 Isbister	3.5 km	SouthEast
4 Twatt	3.6 km	EastSouthEast
5 Northdyke	4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	373 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	374 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	528 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Brockan lies at the North Sea (direction WestNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Boardhouse (2.1 km² at a distance of 2.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 13.2 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 375.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 525 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, 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 352 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 30 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.9 km2

2.5%

Wet nature

0.8 km2

2.1%

Agriculture

32.6 km2

88%

Water - Lakes

2.8 km2

7.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Brockan in country Scotland

Brockan 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	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	338 km	WestSouthWest
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	346 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Brockan
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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:	6.02 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	16 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:13 Europe/Amsterdam