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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: -3.2327,Lat: 59.0697
Elevation	21 meter above sea level
Local time	18:17:02pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	West Mainland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Beaquoy	1.3 km	NorthEast
2 Mirbister	1.6 km	SouthEast
3 Quoyscottie	1.9 km	NorthEast
4 Swartland	1.9 km	WestNorthWest
5 Greeny	2.1 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	370 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	380 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	526 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 1.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 6.3 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 370 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 518 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, 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 348 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 22 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

8.4 km2

10.6%

Wet nature

7.4 km2

9.4%

Agriculture

55.5 km2

70.6%

Water - Lakes

7.3 km2

9.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Dounby in country Scotland

Dounby 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	8.6 km	South
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	342 km	West
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	342 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Dounby
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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	moderate rain
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	15 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	06:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:58 Europe/Amsterdam