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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: -3.0951,Lat: 58.9961
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	21:23:57pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	West Mainland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Heddle	2 km	West
2 Finstown	2 km	NorthWest
3 Nisthouse	2.9 km	WestSouthWest
4 Kirbister	5.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Breck of Cruan	5.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	363 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	391 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	521 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Grimbister lies at the North Sea (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 5.9 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 8.2 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 360.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 505 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 90%, hill: 1%, 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 340 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 12 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

24.3 km2

37.2%

Wet nature

9.4 km2

14.4%

Agriculture

30.3 km2

46.5%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grimbister in country Scotland

Grimbister 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	5.4 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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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	moderate rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	16 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	05:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:20 Europe/Amsterdam