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General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -2.9013,Lat: 59.2884 marker
Elevation1 meter above sea level
Local time15:34:04pm
At islandWestray
Name province/regionScotland
Name SubregionOrkney Islands
Name North Isles

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Rapness3.9 km SouthSouthEast
2 Midbea4.2 km West
3 Sulland4.7 km SouthSouthEast
4 Braehead4.9 km NorthWest
5 Gayfield5 km North

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands369 km NorthNorthWest
2 GlasgowScotland398 km SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast   Northern-ireland556 km SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Skelwick lies at the North Sea (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km2 at a distance of 23.9 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 390.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 547 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 30%, low location: 70%, 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 374 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 13 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   1 km2 
 4.2% 
 Agriculture   22.7 km2 
 95.3% 
 Rock-Sand   0.1 km2 
 0.5% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Skelwick in country Scotland


Skelwick 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 Ireland37 km SouthWest
2 The Forth BridgeUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland368 km SouthSouthWest
3 St KildaUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland369 km WestSouthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at Pierowall

Type of weather in Pierowallovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 9.01 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction: North West
Air pressure: 1006 mb
Humidity: 54 %
Daylength at 10 October 2024:10 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :08:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :19:18 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Pierowall - GB (longitude: -2.9013, latitude: 59.2884)
Distance weather station to place (direction OSO): 0 Kilometers

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1006 mbar
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1008 mbar
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