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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: -3.2124,Lat: 58.9666
Elevation	75 meter above sea level
Local time	8:16:47am
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	West Mainland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Clouston	1.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Hall of Clestrain	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Sultigeo	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Clestrain	2.9 km	South
5 Petertown	3.9 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	359 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	391 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	516 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ireland lies at the North Sea (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 2.4 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 12.6 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 358.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 502 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.

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 337 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 18 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

14.8 km2

23.4%

Wet nature

6.8 km2

10.7%

Agriculture

33.3 km2

52.7%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

8.1 km2

12.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ireland in country Scotland

Ireland 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	3.6 km	NorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	331 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	336 km	South

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Ireland
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Ireland
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stromness

Type of weather in Stromness	clear sky
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 60 minutes
Sunrise :	06:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:09 Europe/Amsterdam