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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: -3.1953,Lat: 59.0412
Elevation	46 meter above sea level
Local time	0:57:17am
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	West Mainland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Netherbrough	1.2 km	SouthWest
2 Corrigall	1.7 km	NorthEast
3 Corston	1.8 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Bimbister	1.8 km	SouthEast
5 Mirbister	2.5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	367 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	384 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	524 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 5 km (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 1.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 5.2 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 366.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 513 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 18%, low location: 81%, hill: 1%, 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 345 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 19 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

15 km2

19.1%

Wet nature

9.1 km2

11.5%

Agriculture

43.9 km2

55.9%

Water - Lakes

10.5 km2

13.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Brough in country Scotland

Brough 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	5 km	South
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	339 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	343 km	West

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	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	16 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:12 Europe/Amsterdam