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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: -2.9786,Lat: 58.9667
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	16:15:55pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	Kirkwall West and Orphir

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tradespark	1.5 km	EastSouthEast
2 Kirkwall	1.7 km	NorthEast
3 Berstane	2.9 km	EastNorthEast
4 Greenigoe	3.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 Craigiefield	3.8 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	362 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	397 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	521 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Scapa lies at the North Sea (direction SouthSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 13 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 14 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 356.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 499 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 90%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 337 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 4.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

8.7 km2

15%

Wet nature

5.2 km2

8.9%

Agriculture

38.7 km2

67%

Urban area

3.7 km2

6.4%

Infrastructure

1.3 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Scapa in country Scotland

Scapa 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	WestNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	332 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	337 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Scapa
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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	light intensity shower rain
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	15 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	06:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:56 Europe/Amsterdam