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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: -2.9447,Lat: 58.9961
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	2:59:01am
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	Kirkwall East

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Work	2 km	EastNorthEast
2 Kirkwall	2.1 km	SouthWest
3 Berstane	2.3 km	South
4 Scapa	3.8 km	SouthWest
5 Tradespark	3.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	365 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	395 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	525 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Craigiefield lies at the North Sea (direction WestNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 14.5 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 13 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 359 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 503 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 21%, low location: 79%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 341 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 4.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

2 km2

5.4%

Agriculture

29.4 km2

81.3%

Urban area

3.7 km2

10.2%

Infrastructure

0.9 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Craigiefield in country Scotland

Craigiefield 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	14 km	West
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	335 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	340 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Craigiefield
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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	15 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	06:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:01 Europe/Amsterdam