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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: -2.9905,Lat: 59.3183
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	23:09:11pm
At island	Westray
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	North Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Broughton	0.9 km	SouthEast
2 Braehead	1.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Rackwick	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Windywalls	3.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Midbea	4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	363 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	400 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	557 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Pierowall lies at the North Sea (direction East). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 23.2 km in SouthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Westray. The distance to the mainland is 65.6 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 394.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 553 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 22%, low location: 78%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 377 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 19 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

6.7 km2

20.1%

Agriculture

25.8 km2

77.8%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pierowall in country Scotland

Pierowall 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	38 km	SouthSouthWest
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	366 km	WestSouthWest
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	371 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.56 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 26 April 2024:	15 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	06:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:51 Europe/Amsterdam