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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: -3.209,Lat: 59.0627
Elevation	49 meter above sea level
Local time	11:17:21am
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	West Mainland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Corston	1 km	SouthEast
2 Dounby	1.6 km	NorthWest
3 Corrigall	1.9 km	SouthEast
4 Beaquoy	2 km	North
5 Brough	2.5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	369 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	382 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	526 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 1.5 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 5 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 369 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 517 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 85%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 347 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 21 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

9.9 km2

12.6%

Wet nature

13 km2

16.5%

Agriculture

48.7 km2

62.1%

Water - Lakes

6.9 km2

8.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mirbister in country Scotland

Mirbister 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	7.5 km	South
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	342 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	343 km	West

Social media - Maps

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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	few clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	15 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:05 Europe/Amsterdam