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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: -3.0613,Lat: 59.1792
Elevation	47 meter above sea level
Local time	12:57:26pm
At island	Rousay
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	North Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ervadale	3.4 km	SouthEast
2 Sourin	3.9 km	EastSouthEast
3 Westness	4 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Banks	4.9 km	SouthEast
5 Frotoft	5.5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	374 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	384 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	541 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Wasbister lies at the North Sea (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 9.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Rousay. The distance to the mainland is 53 km.

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 12.8 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 380.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 532 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 91%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 361 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 17 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

21.8 km2

59.1%

Wet nature

4.9 km2

13.3%

Agriculture

9.7 km2

26.4%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wasbister in country Scotland

Wasbister 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	22 km	SouthSouthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	355 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	356 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pierowall

Type of weather in Pierowall	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1030 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 20 April 2024:	14 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	06:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam