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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: -3.2594,Lat: 59.0309
Elevation	12 meter above sea level
Local time	13:42:42pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	West Mainland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hestwall	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Aith	3.1 km	NorthWest
3 Voy	3.1 km	WestSouthWest
4 Netherbrough	3.2 km	East
5 Arion	3.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	365 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	383 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	522 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 5 km (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 0.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 9 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 366.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 512 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 25%, low location: 75%, The hills are mainly flatern 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 344 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 22 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

4.3 km2

5.5%

Agriculture

56.3 km2

71.7%

Water - Lakes

18 km2

22.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tenston in country Scotland

Tenston 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	5.6 km	SouthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	338 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	339 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Tenston
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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:	1.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	16 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:14 Europe/Amsterdam