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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: -3.2992,Lat: 58.9633
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	13:20:40pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	Stromness and South Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Outertown	2.6 km	NorthWest
2 Breckan	3.1 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Quholm	3.5 km	North
4 Hall of Clestrain	4.6 km	EastSouthEast
5 Clouston	4.7 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	358 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	389 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	514 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Stromness lies at the North Sea (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 3.4 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 15.6 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 359.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 503 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 15%, low location: 85%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Hoy and West Mainland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 336 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 23 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

6.6 km2

15.5%

Agriculture

31.8 km2

74.4%

Urban area

0.6 km2

1.4%

Water - Lakes

3.4 km2

7.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Stromness in country Scotland

Stromness 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	7.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	331 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	334 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stromness

Type of weather in Stromness	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	16 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:14 Europe/Amsterdam