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Westness

Westness

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.0793,Lat: 59.1442
Elevation	81 meter above sea level
Local time	9:57:43am
At island	Rousay
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	North Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Frotoft	2.7 km	SouthEast
2 Burgar	3.6 km	WestSouthWest
3 Stenso	3.8 km	SouthWest
4 Wasbister	4 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Redland	4.3 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	377 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	380 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	537 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Westness lies at the North Sea (direction WestSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 6.6 km in Western 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 8.8 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 376.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 527 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 89%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 357 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 18 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

23 km2

47.2%

Wet nature

5 km2

10.3%

Agriculture

20.3 km2

41.5%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Westness in country Scotland

Westness 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	18 km	SouthSouthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	351 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	354 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orkney Islands

Type of weather in Orkney Islands	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.32 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 25 June 2025:	18 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	04:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:30 Europe/Amsterdam