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Quoyness

Quoyness

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.2979,Lat: 58.9062
Elevation	12 meter above sea level
Local time	7:29:31am
At island	Hoy
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	Stromness and South Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Linksness	1.7 km	NorthWest
2 Hoy	2.1 km	WestNorthWest
3 Breckan	3.3 km	North
4 Murra	4.2 km	NorthWest
5 Petertown	6 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	351 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	395 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	508 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Quoyness lies at the North Sea (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 9 km in NorthNorthEastern 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 20.9 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 352.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 494 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 66%, hill: 30%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 330 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 23 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

37.9 km2

81.9%

Wet nature

2.6 km2

5.5%

Agriculture

5 km2

10.8%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Quoyness in country Scotland

Quoyness 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	12 km	NorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	324 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	330 km	South

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	heavy intensity rain
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	15.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 7)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	978 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 12 March 2026:	11 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	07:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:07 Europe/Amsterdam