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Newark (Scotland)

Newark

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.4909,Lat: 59.2665
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	14:00:25pm
At island	Sanday
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	North Isles
Other place with same name 1	Newark Scotland - South Ayrshire

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sellibister	1.4 km	North
2 Lady	3.4 km	West
3 Northwall	4 km	NorthEast
4 Lettan	4.7 km	EastNorthEast
5 Scar	5.9 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	384 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	401 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	562 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Newark lies at the North Sea (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 42.8 km in Western direction).The place is located at an island named Sanday. The distance to the mainland is 63.5 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 386.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 540 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 88%, low location: 12%, The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 374 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 18 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

7.8 km2

27.6%

Agriculture

19.3 km2

68.7%

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

2.5%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Newark in country Scotland

Newark 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	50 km	WestSouthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	368 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	373 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pierowall

Type of weather in Pierowall	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	16.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 7)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 11 March 2026:	11 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	07:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:01 Europe/Amsterdam