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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: -2.8287,Lat: 58.8835
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	8:00:41am
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Braehead	1.5 km	North
2 Upper Sanday	3.7 km	NorthEast
3 Foubister	4 km	North
4 Graemeshall	4.2 km	NorthWest
5 Northtown	4.9 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	355 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	410 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	515 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Cornquoy lies at the North Sea (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 24.6 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 345.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 484 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 18%, low location: 82%, 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 329 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 9.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

4 km2

15.4%

Agriculture

20.7 km2

79.1%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

1.6%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

3.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cornquoy in country Scotland

Cornquoy 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	24 km	NorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	323 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	328 km	SouthSouthWest

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Filming Location	IMDB Cornquoy
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kirkwall

Type of weather in Kirkwall	clear sky
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	16 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:09 Europe/Amsterdam