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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: -2.9592,Lat: 58.9787
Elevation	12 meter above sea level
Local time	6:54:08am
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	Kirkwall East

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Berstane	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Scapa	1.7 km	SouthWest
3 Tradespark	1.9 km	South
4 Craigiefield	2.1 km	NorthEast
5 Work	3.9 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	363 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	397 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	522 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Kirkwall lies at the North Sea (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 13.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 13.7 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 357.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 500 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 339 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 3.9 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

4.1 km2

8.1%

Wet nature

2 km2

3.9%

Agriculture

39.6 km2

77.4%

Urban area

3.7 km2

7.2%

Infrastructure

1.5 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kirkwall in country Scotland

Kirkwall 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	WestNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	333 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	338 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kirkwall

Type of weather in Kirkwall	few clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	06:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:06 Europe/Amsterdam