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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: -2.7473,Lat: 59.2284
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	17:17:11pm
At island	Eday
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	North Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Millbounds	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Benstonhall	2.7 km	SouthWest
3 Braeswick	3.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Stove	4.3 km	SouthEast
5 West Side	6.8 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	379 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	393 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	553 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Calfsound lies at the North Sea (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 27.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Eday. The distance to the mainland is 56.9 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 383.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 536 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 19%, low location: 81%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 368 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 4.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

12.2 km2

54.4%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

9.5 km2

42.1%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Calfsound in country Scotland

Calfsound 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	36 km	SouthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	362 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	367 km	SouthSouthWest

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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.98 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	6 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	09:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:17 Europe/Amsterdam