Edmonstone

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.8242,Lat: 59.0684
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	2:53:38am
At island	Shapinsay
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	North Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Newlot	4.9 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Balfour	6.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Work	8.8 km	SouthWest
4 Rothiesholm	9.1 km	East
5 onziebust	9.5 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	375 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	392 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	535 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Edmonstone lies at the North Sea (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 21.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Shapinsay. The distance to the mainland is 43.3 km.

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 17.1 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 366 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 512 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 16%, low location: 84%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 350 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 13 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

2.6 km2

11.8%

Agriculture

19.4 km2

88.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Edmonstone in country Scotland

Edmonstone 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	22 km	West
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	344 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	349 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Edmonstone
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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:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 24 April 2024:	15 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	06:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:47 Europe/Amsterdam