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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: -3.3329,Lat: 58.9128
Elevation	50 meter above sea level
Local time	11:24:47am
At island	Hoy
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	Stromness and South Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Linksness	0.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Quoyness	2.1 km	EastSouthEast
3 Murra	2.2 km	NorthWest
4 Breckan	3.1 km	NorthEast
5 Moorfea	5.2 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	352 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	393 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	508 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hoy lies at the North Sea (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 9.1 km in NorthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Hoy. The distance to the mainland is 12.8 km.

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 21.3 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 354.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 496 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 60%, hill: 35%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Hoy and West Mainland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 331 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 25 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

38.8 km2

83.5%

Wet nature

1 km2

Agriculture

5.6 km2

11.9%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hoy in country Scotland

Hoy 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	12 km	NorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	325 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	331 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stromness

Type of weather in Stromness	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	13.5 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 19 April 2024:	14 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	06:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam