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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: -2.8304,Lat: 58.9651
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	18:14:37pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tankerness	1.4 km	WestSouthWest
2 Linksness	1.6 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Yinstay	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Toab	2.6 km	SouthWest
5 North Halley	3.5 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	363 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	402 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	524 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hall of Tankerness lies at the North Sea (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 21.3 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 20.3 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 354.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 496 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 28%, low location: 72%, 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 338 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 4.4 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

1.2 km2

3.3%

Wet nature

2.2 km2

6.1%

Agriculture

30.7 km2

84.7%

Infrastructure

1.5 km2

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hall of Tankerness in country Scotland

Hall of Tankerness 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	21 km	WestNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	332 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	337 km	SouthSouthWest

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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	light rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	16 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:19 Europe/Amsterdam