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General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -2.9701,Lat: 58.7768 marker
Elevation58 meter above sea level
Local time17:35:05pm
At islandSouth Ronaldsay
Name province/regionScotland
Name SubregionOrkney Islands
Name East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Sandwick1.1 km NorthNorthEast
2 Linklater1.5 km SouthEast
3 Mossetter1.6 km SouthSouthEast
4 Lythes2.2 km EastNorthEast
5 Aikers2.9 km NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 GlasgowScotland341 km SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands416 km NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast   Northern-ireland501 km SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Suckquoy lies at the North Sea (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km2 at a distance of 27.3 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 335.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 469 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 90%, 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 316 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 21 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   1.4 km2 
 3.7% 
 Wet nature   0.4 km2 
 1.1% 
 Agriculture   34.7 km2 
 94.9% 
 Urban area   0.1 km2 
 0.2% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Suckquoy in country Scotland


Suckquoy 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 Ireland311 km SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of EdinburghUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland316 km SouthSouthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at Orphir

Type of weather in Orphirovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 9.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction: EastcNorth East
Air pressure: 982 mb
Humidity: 91 %
Daylength at 28 March 2024:12 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :06:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :19:44 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Orphir - GB (longitude: -2.9701, latitude: 58.7768)
Distance weather station to place (direction ZZO): 0 Kilometers

19:00
7 degrees
982 mbar
light rainweericoon
22:00
6 degrees
980 mbar
light rainweericoon
1:00
6 degrees
977 mbar
light rainweericoon
4:00
5 degrees
977 mbar
light rainweericoon
7:00
6 degrees
977 mbar
light rainweericoon
10:00
7 degrees
978 mbar
light rainweericoon
13:00
7 degrees
979 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
16:00
8 degrees
981 mbar
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