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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: -3.2629,Lat: 58.7862
Elevation	21 meter above sea level
Local time	11:01:58am
At island	Hoy
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	Stromness and South Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hurliness	1.1 km	EastSouthEast
2 Brims	1.8 km	SouthEast
3 Longhope	3.8 km	East
4 Little Ayre	4 km	EastNorthEast
5 Wyng	5.3 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	338 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	407 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	496 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Melsetter lies at the North Sea (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 21.9 km in NorthNorthEastern 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 339.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 475 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 92%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 316 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 28 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

16.1 km2

45.6%

Wet nature

8.4 km2

23.7%

Agriculture

10.3 km2

29%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Melsetter in country Scotland

Melsetter 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	24 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	311 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	316 km	South

Social media - Maps

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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	13.44 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 19 April 2024:	14 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	06:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam