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General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -2.911,Lat: 58.8272 marker
Elevation6 meter above sea level
Local time23:15:54pm
At islandSouth Ronaldsay
Name province/regionScotland
Name SubregionOrkney Islands
Name East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Burray Village2 km North
2 Eastside2.1 km SouthWest
3 Southtown2.4 km NorthNorthEast
4 St Margaret's Hope3 km West
5 Hillside3.4 km North

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 GlasgowScotland347 km SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands413 km NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast   Northern-ireland508 km SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Grimness lies at the North Sea (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km2 at a distance of 24.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named South Ronaldsay. The distance to the mainland is 10.4 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 340.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 476 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 16%, low location: 84%, The hills are mainly northern 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 322 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 15 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   1.8 km2 
 5.4% 
 Wet nature   0.4 km2 
 1.2% 
 Agriculture   30 km2 
 88.6% 
 Urban area   0.6 km2 
 1.9% 
 Rock-Sand   1 km2 
 2.9% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Grimness in country Scotland


Grimness at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic OrkneyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland25 km NorthNorthWest
2 The Forth BridgeUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland317 km SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of EdinburghUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland322 km SouthSouthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Webcams (Within 20km)

Name webcam: Burray: The Northfield - Orkney, KW17 2SY: Churchill Barrier No. 2, Skerry Sound, Orkney

Current time

Local time screenshot during the day :2023-12-08 20:03:07
Placename webcam: Burray - Scotland - United Kingdom
Bings maps Burray

Name webcam: Kirkwall: harbour

Current time

Local time screenshot during the day :2023-12-09 00:02:56
Placename webcam: Kirkwall - Scotland - United Kingdom
Bings maps Kirkwall


Current weather at Orphir

Type of weather in Orphirovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 9.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction: East South East
Air pressure: 997 mb
Humidity: 87 %
Daylength at 9 December 2023:6 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :09:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :16:18 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Orphir - GB (longitude: -2.911, latitude: 58.8272)
Distance weather station to place (direction ZO): 0 Kilometers

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