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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: -2.5954,Lat: 59.0956
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	5:09:10am
At island	Stronsay
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	North Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Stebb Hill	0.7 km	NorthEast
2 Holland	1.1 km	South
3 Grobister	1.6 km	North
4 Everbay	1.8 km	NorthEast
5 Kirbuster	2.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	381 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	396 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	542 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Dishes lies at the North Sea (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 34.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Stronsay. The distance to the mainland is 52.2 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 367.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 515 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 37%, low location: 63%, 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 354 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 15 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

4.1 km2

14.1%

Agriculture

23.8 km2

82.6%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

1.4%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Dishes in country Scotland

Dishes 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	36 km	West
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	349 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	353 km	SouthSouthWest

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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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.97 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 20 April 2024:	14 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	06:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam