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Sandwick (Scotland)

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Sandwick

General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -2.963,Lat: 58.7856 marker
Elevation76 meter above sea level
Local time5:23:18am
At islandSouth Ronaldsay
Name province/regionScotland
Name SubregionOrkney Islands
Name East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray
Other place with same name 1 Sandwick Scotland - Shetland Islands
Other place with same name 2 Sandwick England - Cumbria

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Suckquoy1.1 km SouthSouthWest
2 Lythes1.3 km East
3 Aikers1.8 km NorthEast
4 Linklater1.9 km SouthSouthEast
5 Widewall2.4 km North

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 GlasgowScotland342 km SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands415 km NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast   Northern-ireland502 km SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sandwick lies at the North Sea (direction WestNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km2 at a distance of 26.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named South Ronaldsay. The distance to the mainland is 10.4 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 336.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 470 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 92%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 317 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 20 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   0.9 km2 
 2.4% 
 Wet nature   0.4 km2 
 1.1% 
 Agriculture   37.9 km2 
 95.8% 
 Urban area   0.3 km2 
 0.8% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Sandwick in country Scotland


Sandwick at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic OrkneyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland27 km NorthNorthWest
2 The Forth BridgeUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland312 km SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of EdinburghUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland317 km SouthSouthWest


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Current weather at Orphir

Type of weather in Orphirbroken clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: South
Air pressure: 1022 mb
Humidity: 93 %
Daylength at 6 November 2024:8 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :08:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :17:09 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Orphir - GB (longitude: -2.963, latitude: 58.7856)
Distance weather station to place (direction ZZO): 0 Kilometers

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