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North Dawn

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.9051,Lat: 58.9132
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	17:22:38pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Graemeshall	1.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Mary's	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Quoyburray	3.6 km	EastNorthEast
4 Foubister	3.8 km	East
5 Gill of Garth	3.9 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	357 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	404 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	517 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 19.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 21.3 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 349.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 489 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 90%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 332 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 5 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

5.4 km2

10.7%

Wet nature

3.7 km2

7.3%

Agriculture

40.2 km2

79.3%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

2.2%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of North Dawn in country Scotland

North Dawn 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	19 km	NorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	326 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	331 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kirkwall

Type of weather in Kirkwall	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 10 July 2026:	18 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	05:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:17 Europe/Amsterdam