Hotels at Whome booking.com

Whome

Booking.com

Whome

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.1073,Lat: 58.8255
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	6:46:53am
At island	Flotta
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	Stromness and South Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hackness	3.6 km	SouthWest
2 Rinnigill	4.2 km	West
3 Crockness	4.4 km	West
4 Wyng	4.9 km	WestSouthWest
5 Hoxa	5.6 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	345 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	408 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	503 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Whome lies at the North Sea (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 19.1 km in Northern direction).The place is located at an island named Flotta. The distance to the mainland is 17.6 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 341.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 479 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 25%, low location: 75%, The hills are mainly northern 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 321 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 19 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

3.4 km2

18.3%

Wet nature

5.4 km2

29.1%

Agriculture

8.7 km2

46.8%

Urban area

1.1 km2

5.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Whome in country Scotland

Whome 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	North
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	316 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	321 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Whome
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Whome
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orphir

Type of weather in Orphir	few clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 26 April 2024:	15 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	06:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:52 Europe/Amsterdam