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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: -2.9136,Lat: 58.9481
Elevation	16 meter above sea level
Local time	19:28:44pm
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 Tradespark	2.7 km	NorthWest
2 Berstane	3.4 km	North
3 Quoyburray	3.5 km	SouthEast
4 Toab	3.6 km	EastSouthEast
5 Tankerness	3.7 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	360 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	401 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	520 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 17.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 17.9 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 353.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 495 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 88%, 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 336 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 1.2 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

3.6 km2

5.8%

Wet nature

4.5 km2

7.4%

Agriculture

48.2 km2

78.8%

Urban area

2.8 km2

4.6%

Infrastructure

1.5 km2

2.4%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gill of Garth in country Scotland

Gill of Garth 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	17 km	WestNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	330 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	335 km	SouthSouthWest

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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	shower rain
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	6 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	09:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:20 Europe/Amsterdam