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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: -2.911,Lat: 58.8272
Elevation	6 meter above sea level
Local time	21:21:58pm
At island	South Ronaldsay
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Burray Village	2 km	North
2 Eastside	2.1 km	SouthWest
3 Southtown	2.4 km	NorthNorthEast
4 St Margaret's Hope	3 km	West
5 Hillside	3.4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	347 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	413 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	508 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 Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	25 km	NorthNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	317 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	322 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orphir

Type of weather in Orphir	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 18 May 2025:	17 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	05:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:40 Europe/Amsterdam