Houton

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.1906,Lat: 58.9197
Elevation	39 meter above sea level
Local time	12:18:12pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	Kirkwall West and Orphir

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Petertown	1.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Crya	1.7 km	EastNorthEast
3 Clestrain	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Orphir	3.4 km	EastNorthEast
5 Hall of Clestrain	3.6 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	354 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	396 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	511 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Houton lies at the North Sea (direction South). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 7.7 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 17.1 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 353.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 494 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 86%, hill: 2%, 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 331 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 17 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

10.1 km2

30.3%

Wet nature

5 km2

15%

Agriculture

18.3 km2

54.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Houton in country Scotland

Houton 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	8.5 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	326 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	331 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Houton
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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	clear sky
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:06 Europe/Amsterdam