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General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -3.1664,Lat: 59.1342 marker
Elevation12 meter above sea level
Local time19:08:17pm
At islandMainland-orkney
Name province/regionScotland
Name SubregionOrkney Islands
Name West Mainland

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Burgar1.9 km EastSouthEast
2 Stenso3.9 km SouthEast
3 Abune-The-Hill4.7 km WestNorthWest
4 Westness5.1 km East
5 Click Mill5.1 km SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands376 km NorthNorthWest
2 GlasgowScotland378 km SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast   Northern-ireland534 km SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Costa lies at the North Sea (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km2 at a distance of 1.5 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 7.7 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 376.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 527 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 355 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 23 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   11.8 km2 
 25% 
 Wet nature   8.5 km2 
 17.9% 
 Agriculture   23.5 km2 
 49.9% 
 Water - Lakes   3.4 km2 
 7.1% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Costa in country Scotland


Costa at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic OrkneyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland15 km SouthSouthWest
2 St KildaUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland349 km WestSouthWest
3 The Forth BridgeUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland350 km SouthSouthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Orkney Islands

Type of weather in Orkney Islandsclear sky weericoon
Current temperature: 12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 6.74 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction: EastcNorth East
Air pressure: 1016 mb
Humidity: 83 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:15 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :06:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :22:07 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Orkney Islands - GB (longitude: -3.1664, latitude: 59.1342)
Distance weather station to place (direction NNO): 0 Kilometers

23:00
10 degrees
1016 mbar
clear skyweericoon
2:00
9 degrees
1015 mbar
clear skyweericoon
5:00
9 degrees
1015 mbar
clear skyweericoon
8:00
9 degrees
1015 mbar
clear skyweericoon
11:00
9 degrees
1015 mbar
clear skyweericoon
14:00
9 degrees
1014 mbar
clear skyweericoon
17:00
9 degrees
1013 mbar
few cloudsweericoon
20:00
9 degrees
1012 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon










5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

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