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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: -2.6736,Lat: 59.0942
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	3:07:09am
At island	Stronsay
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	North Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dishes	4.5 km	East
2 Grobister	4.5 km	EastNorthEast
3 Aith	4.6 km	EastNorthEast
4 Holland	4.7 km	EastSouthEast
5 Stebb Hill	5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	380 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	394 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	541 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Rothiesholm lies at the North Sea (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 29.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Stronsay. The distance to the mainland is 52.2 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 367.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 515 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 46%, low location: 54%, The hills are mainly western 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 353 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 12 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

5.1 km2

30.3%

Agriculture

11.1 km2

65.9%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

2.4%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rothiesholm in country Scotland

Rothiesholm 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	32 km	West
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	348 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	352 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 Kirkwall

Type of weather in Kirkwall	broken clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 25 April 2024:	15 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	06:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:49 Europe/Amsterdam