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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: -3.1753,Lat: 58.7997
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	15:55:29pm
At island	South Walls
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	Stromness and South Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hackness	1.5 km	East
2 Longhope	1.5 km	West
3 Little Ayre	1.9 km	WestNorthWest
4 Crockness	2 km	North
5 Rinnigill	2.6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	341 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	408 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	499 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Wyng lies at the North Sea (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 20.9 km in Northern direction).The place is located at an island named South Walls. The distance to the mainland is 13.2 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 339.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 476 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 19%, low location: 81%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 318 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 24 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

2.8 km2

8.6%

Wet nature

10.6 km2

32.1%

Agriculture

19.4 km2

58.7%

Urban area

0.2 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wyng in country Scotland

Wyng 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	North
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	313 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	318 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orphir

Type of weather in Orphir	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.67 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 18 April 2024:	14 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	06:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam