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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: -3.2193,Lat: 59.0849
Elevation	56 meter above sea level
Local time	20:21:44pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	West Mainland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Beaquoy	0.6 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Greeny	1.5 km	WestNorthWest
3 Dounby	1.9 km	SouthWest
4 Click Mill	2.2 km	East
5 Mirbister	2.5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	372 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	379 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	528 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Hundland (1.2 km² at a distance of 2.9 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 5.8 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 371.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 520 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 91%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 350 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 23 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

12.2 km2

15.5%

Wet nature

14.8 km2

18.9%

Agriculture

45.4 km2

57.8%

Water - Lakes

6.1 km2

7.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Quoyscottie in country Scotland

Quoyscottie 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	10 km	South
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	344 km	West
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	344 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Quoyscottie
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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:	7.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	06:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:07 Europe/Amsterdam