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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: -3.1223,Lat: 59.008
Elevation	40 meter above sea level
Local time	23:19:30pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	West Mainland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Heddle	1.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Grimbister	2 km	SouthEast
3 Nisthouse	3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Bimbister	3.7 km	NorthWest
5 Breck of Cruan	4.9 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	364 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	389 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	522 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Finstown lies at the North Sea (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 4.5 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 6.8 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 362 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 507 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 11%, low location: 88%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly western 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 342 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 14 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

22.2 km2

32.7%

Wet nature

8 km2

11.8%

Agriculture

36.5 km2

53.9%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Finstown in country Scotland

Finstown 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	4 km	West
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	336 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	341 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orkney Islands

Type of weather in Orkney Islands	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.18 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	16 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:16 Europe/Amsterdam