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Lythes

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.9407,Lat: 58.7886
Elevation	37 meter above sea level
Local time	1:58:02am
At island	South Ronaldsay
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Council Area (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name Electoral Ward	East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Aikers	1.3 km	North
2 Sandwick	1.3 km	West
3 Linklater	2.1 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Suckquoy	2.2 km	WestSouthWest
5 Eastside	2.6 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	343 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	416 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	503 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Lythes lies at the North Sea (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 27.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named South Ronaldsay. The distance to the mainland is 10.4 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 336.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 471 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 93%, 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 19 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

1.1 km2

2.6%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

Agriculture

39.5 km2

95.6%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lythes in country Scotland

Lythes 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	27 km	NorthNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	312 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	317 km	SouthSouthWest

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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1036 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 18 October 2026:	10 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	08:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:58 Europe/Amsterdam