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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: -2.8514,Lat: 58.9447
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	21:23:07pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Quoyburray	1.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tankerness	1.7 km	North
3 Hall of Tankerness	2.6 km	NorthEast
4 Foubister	3 km	South
5 Gill of Garth	3.6 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	361 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	403 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	521 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Toab lies at the North Sea (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 20.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 20.7 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 352.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 494 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 18%, low location: 82%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 336 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 3.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

3.8 km2

6.7%

Wet nature

4.5 km2

7.9%

Agriculture

46.3 km2

81.6%

Infrastructure

1.5 km2

2.6%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Toab in country Scotland

Toab 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	20 km	WestNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	330 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	335 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kirkwall

Type of weather in Kirkwall	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	16 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:12 Europe/Amsterdam