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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: -2.9774,Lat: 58.8057
Elevation	24 meter above sea level
Local time	2:15:07am
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 Quindry	1.3 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Herston	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
3 Aikers	1.8 km	EastSouthEast
4 St Margaret's Hope	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Sandwick	2.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	344 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	413 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	504 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Widewall lies at the North Sea (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 24.4 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 338.4 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 474 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 91%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 320 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 17 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.2 km2

0.4%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

36 km2

97.6%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Widewall in country Scotland

Widewall 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	24 km	NorthNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	314 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	319 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:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South 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