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Linksness (Scotland)

Linksness

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.3205,Lat: 58.9162
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	11:01:50am
At island	Hoy
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	Stromness and South Isles
Other place with same name 1	Linksness Scotland - Orkney Islands

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hoy	0.8 km	WestSouthWest
2 Quoyness	1.7 km	SouthEast
3 Breckan	2.4 km	NorthEast
4 Murra	2.6 km	WestNorthWest
5 Stromness	5.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	352 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	393 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	509 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Linksness lies at the North Sea (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 8.4 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 20.6 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 354.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 496 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 63%, hill: 32%, 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 SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 24 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

34.5 km2

81.2%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

6.3 km2

14.8%

Urban area

0.2 km2

0.4%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Linksness in country Scotland

Linksness 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 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	331 km	South

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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:	14.16 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 7)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 7 February 2026:	8 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	09:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:46 Europe/Amsterdam