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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: -2.4278,Lat: 59.2937
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	16:45:17pm
At island	Sanday
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	North Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Northwall	0.9 km	West
2 Sellibister	4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Newark	4.7 km	WestSouthWest
4 Hollandstoun	7.8 km	North
5 Lady	8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	383 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	405 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	567 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Lettan lies at the North Sea (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 47.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Sanday. The distance to the mainland is 63.5 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 388.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 544 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 93%, low location: 7%, The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 377 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 23 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.6 km2

6.1%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

8.4%

Agriculture

8.3 km2

81.7%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

3.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lettan in country Scotland

Lettan 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	55 km	WestSouthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	372 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	376 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pierowall

Type of weather in Pierowall	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.19 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 25 April 2024:	15 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	06:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:48 Europe/Amsterdam