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General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -3.3625,Lat: 58.9248 marker
Elevation38 meter above sea level
Local time19:18:46pm
At islandHoy
Name province/regionScotland
Name SubregionOrkney Islands
Name Stromness and South Isles

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Hoy2.2 km SouthEast
2 Linksness2.6 km EastSouthEast
3 Breckan3.7 km East
4 Quoyness4.2 km SouthEast
5 Outertown5.5 km NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 GlasgowScotland353 km SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands391 km NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast   Northern-ireland509 km SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Murra lies at the North Sea (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km2 at a distance of 9 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 21.3 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 355.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 498 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 62%, hill: 32%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 332 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 27 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   27.3 km2 
 76.7% 
 Wet nature   0.4 km2 
 1% 
 Agriculture   6.7 km2 
 18.8% 
 Urban area   0.1 km2 
 0.2% 
 Rock-Sand   0.9 km2 
 2.4% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Murra in country Scotland


Murra at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic OrkneyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland13 km EastNorthEast
2 The Forth BridgeUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland326 km South
3 St KildaUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland329 km West


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at Stromness

Type of weather in Stromnesslight rain weericoon
Current temperature: 6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 11.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction: EastcNorth East
Air pressure: 982 mb
Humidity: 86 %
Daylength at 28 March 2024:12 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :06:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :19:45 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Stromness - GB (longitude: -3.3625, latitude: 58.9248)
Distance weather station to place (direction ZW): 0 Kilometers

22:00
6 degrees
980 mbar
light rainweericoon
1:00
6 degrees
977 mbar
light rainweericoon
4:00
6 degrees
977 mbar
light rainweericoon
7:00
6 degrees
977 mbar
light rainweericoon
10:00
7 degrees
977 mbar
light rainweericoon
13:00
8 degrees
978 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
16:00
8 degrees
980 mbar
light rainweericoon
19:00
8 degrees
982 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon










5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

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