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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: -3.206,Lat: 58.8057
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	11:35:19am
At island	Hoy
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	Stromness and South Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Longhope	1 km	South
2 Wyng	1.9 km	EastSouthEast
3 Crockness	2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Rinnigill	2.5 km	NorthEast
5 Lyness	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	341 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	407 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	499 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Little Ayre lies at the North Sea (direction East). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 19.9 km in Northern direction).The place is located at an island named Hoy. The distance to the mainland is 12.8 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 340.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 477 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southern 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 319 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 24 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

11.8 km2

26%

Wet nature

13.8 km2

30.2%

Agriculture

19.5 km2

42.9%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Little Ayre in country Scotland

Little Ayre 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	21 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	313 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	319 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orphir

Type of weather in Orphir	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.65 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 23 April 2024:	15 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	06:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:45 Europe/Amsterdam