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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: -3.3132,Lat: 58.9941
Elevation	59 meter above sea level
Local time	19:13:27pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	Stromness and South Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Arion	1.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Voy	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Outertown	2.9 km	SouthWest
4 Stromness	3.5 km	South
5 Yesnaby	3.9 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	361 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	385 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	517 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 1.8 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 13.8 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 362.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 508 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 340 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 24 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

10.5 km2

18.1%

Agriculture

39.5 km2

67.9%

Urban area

0.6 km2

Water - Lakes

7.2 km2

12.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Quholm in country Scotland

Quholm 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	7.2 km	East
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	334 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	335 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Quholm
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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	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:07 Europe/Amsterdam