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Kirbuster (Scotland)

Kirbuster

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.2548,Lat: 59.1114
Elevation	59 meter above sea level
Local time	19:40:26pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	West Mainland
Other place with same name 1	Kirbuster Scotland - Orkney Islands

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Twatt	1.8 km	WestSouthWest
2 Greeny	2.7 km	South
3 Abune-The-Hill	3.1 km	NorthNorthEast
4 The Barony	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Quoyscottie	3.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	374 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	376 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	530 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Boardhouse (2.1 km² at a distance of 0.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 8.9 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 374.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 525 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 26 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

8 km2

11.1%

Wet nature

6 km2

8.3%

Agriculture

51.1 km2

71.5%

Water - Lakes

6.5 km2

9.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kirbuster in country Scotland

Kirbuster 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	13 km	South
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	343 km	WestSouthWest
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	347 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Kirbuster
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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	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.3 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 13 January 2026:	6 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	09:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:45 Europe/Amsterdam