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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: -3.2658,Lat: 59.0709
Elevation	12 meter above sea level
Local time	13:02:57pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	West Mainland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Skeabrae	0.9 km	WestSouthWest
2 Dounby	1.9 km	EastSouthEast
3 Greeny	2.2 km	NorthEast
4 Isbister	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Quoyloo	2.7 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	370 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	379 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	526 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 1.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 8.2 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 370.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 519 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 15%, low location: 85%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 348 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 24 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

5.6 km2

7.3%

Wet nature

2.5 km2

3.3%

Agriculture

61 km2

78.8%

Water - Lakes

8.2 km2

10.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Swartland in country Scotland

Swartland 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	9.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	341 km	West
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	343 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Swartland
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	OpenStreetMap

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:	0.37 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	16 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:15 Europe/Amsterdam