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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: -2.8402,Lat: 58.9185
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	16:25:18pm
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 Quoyburray	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Braehead	2.5 km	South
3 Upper Sanday	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Toab	3 km	North
5 Graemeshall	3.7 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	358 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	406 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	519 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Foubister lies at the North Sea (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 22.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 23.2 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 349.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 489 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 15%, low location: 85%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 333 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 5.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

4.9 km2

9.3%

Wet nature

3 km2

5.7%

Agriculture

44.2 km2

84.3%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Foubister in country Scotland

Foubister 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	22 km	NorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	327 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	332 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Foubister
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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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	09:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:37 Europe/Amsterdam