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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: -3.1799,Lat: 58.8233
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	20:33:29pm
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 Crockness	0.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Lyness	1.6 km	NorthWest
3 Little Ayre	2.5 km	SouthWest
4 Wyng	2.6 km	South
5 Hackness	3 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	343 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	406 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	502 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Rinnigill lies at the North Sea (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 18.3 km in Northern direction).The place is located at an island named Hoy. The distance to the mainland is 12.8 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 342.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 480 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 17%, low location: 83%, The hills are mainly southern 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 321 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 22 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

10.4 km2

23.8%

Wet nature

13.1 km2

29.9%

Agriculture

19.2 km2

43.8%

Urban area

1.1 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rinnigill in country Scotland

Rinnigill 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	19 km	North
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	315 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	321 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orphir

Type of weather in Orphir	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 18 May 2025:	17 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	05:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:41 Europe/Amsterdam