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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: -2.6015,Lat: 59.2541
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	21:06:54pm
At island	Sanday
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	North Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lady	3.1 km	East
2 Burness	3.9 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Scar	4.3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Braeswick	6.2 km	WestSouthWest
5 Newark	6.5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	381 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	398 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	559 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Broughtown lies at the North Sea (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 36.4 km in Western direction).The place is located at an island named Sanday. The distance to the mainland is 63.5 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 385.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 539 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 66%, low location: 34%, 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 372 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 12 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

8.1 km2

22.4%

Agriculture

27 km2

75%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Broughtown in country Scotland

Broughtown 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	44 km	WestSouthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	366 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	371 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pierowall

Type of weather in Pierowall	clear sky
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.94 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:06 Europe/Amsterdam