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Skaill (Scotland)

Skaill

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.9576,Lat: 59.3533
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	8:02:00am
At island	Westray
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	North Isles
Other place with same name 1	Skaill Scotland - Orkney Islands
Other place with same name 2	Skaill Scotland - Orkney Islands -

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Windywalls	0.7 km	WestSouthWest
2 Rackwick	2.2 km	SouthWest
3 Backaskaill	3.3 km	SouthEast
4 Holland	3.5 km	EastSouthEast
5 Gayfield	3.8 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	361 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	404 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	562 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Skaill lies at the North Sea (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 27.5 km in SouthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Westray. The distance to the mainland is 65.6 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 398.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 558 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 40%, low location: 60%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 381 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 21 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.9 km2

5.4%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

14.6 km2

86.2%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

1.7%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

2.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Skaill in country Scotland

Skaill 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	42 km	SouthSouthWest
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	370 km	WestSouthWest
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	375 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Skaill
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pierowall

Type of weather in Pierowall	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.84 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 18 July 2025:	17 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	05:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:08 Europe/Amsterdam