Burness

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.596,Lat: 59.2888
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	20:09:18pm
At island	Sanday
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	North Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Scar	0.9 km	East
2 Broughtown	3.9 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Lady	4.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Sellibister	6 km	EastSouthEast
5 Newark	6.5 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	378 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	402 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	562 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Burness lies at the North Sea (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 38.3 km in WestSouthWestern 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 389 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 545 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 75%, low location: 25%, The hills are mainly northern 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 376 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 15 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

4.2 km2

17.8%

Agriculture

19 km2

81.2%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Burness in country Scotland

Burness 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	47 km	WestSouthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	370 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	374 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Burness
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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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	12.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 19 April 2024:	14 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	06:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam