Hotels at Holland Hotels at Holland booking.com
Holland
300*250
Booking.com

Holland

General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -2.5936,Lat: 59.0855 marker
Elevation meter above sea level
Local time22:52:31pm
At islandStronsay
Name province/regionScotland
Name SubregionOrkney Islands
Name North Isles

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Dishes1.1 km North
2 Stebb Hill1.7 km NorthNorthEast
3 Kirbuster2.6 km EastNorthEast
4 Grobister2.7 km North
5 Everbay2.8 km NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 GlasgowScotland380 km SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands397 km NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast   Northern-ireland541 km SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Holland lies at the North Sea (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km2 at a distance of 34.4 km in WestNorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Stronsay. The distance to the mainland is 52.2 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 366.4 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 513 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 37%, low location: 63%, 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 353 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 15 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   4.2 km2 
 15.9% 
 Agriculture   21.2 km2 
 80.5% 
 Rock-Sand   0.4 km2 
 1.5% 
 Water - Lakes   0.6 km2 
 2.1% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Holland in country Scotland


Holland 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 Ireland36 km West
2 The Forth BridgeUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland348 km SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of EdinburghUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland352 km SouthSouthWest


Social media - Maps

Youtube filmpje van HollandVideo's op youtube van Holland
Vimeo HollandVideo's op Vimeo
TikTok HollandTikTok
Instagram HollandInstagram
flickr foto's en afbeeldingen van HollandFlickr
IMDB Holland Filming Location IMDB Holland
TikTok HollandTikTok
Bings mapsBings maps
MapquestMapquest
WikimapiaWikimapia
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Kirkwall

Type of weather in Kirkwalllight rain weericoon
Current temperature: 6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 8.94 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction: South East
Air pressure: 1003 mb
Humidity: 91 %
Daylength at 11 October 2024:10 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :08:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :19:14 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Kirkwall - GB (longitude: -2.5936, latitude: 59.0855)
Distance weather station to place (direction ONO): 0.01 Kilometers

2:00
8 degrees
1000 mbar
moderate rainweericoon
5:00
9 degrees
997 mbar
light rainweericoon
8:00
9 degrees
997 mbar
light rainweericoon
11:00
8 degrees
997 mbar
light rainweericoon
14:00
7 degrees
999 mbar
light rainweericoon
17:00
8 degrees
1003 mbar
light rainweericoon
20:00
8 degrees
1007 mbar
light rainweericoon
23:00
7 degrees
1010 mbar
light rainweericoon










5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

Pressure (mbar)
Wind speed (km/h)
hours
weericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoonweericoon

Cloud cover %
precipitation (mm)
hours
Widget is loading comments...
number of views: 261