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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: -2.6013,Lat: 59.1095
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	6:19:26am
At island	Stronsay
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	North Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Aith	1.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Everbay	1.2 km	East
3 Stebb Hill	1.3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Dishes	1.6 km	South
5 Kirbuster	2.6 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	382 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	395 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	544 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Grobister lies at the North Sea (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 33.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Stronsay. The distance to the mainland is 52.2 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 369.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 517 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 39%, low location: 61%, The hills are mainly western 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 356 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 13 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

4.1 km2

12.4%

Agriculture

27.6 km2

84.6%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

1.2%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grobister in country Scotland

Grobister 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	West
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	350 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	355 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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.38 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 25 April 2024:	15 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	06:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:48 Europe/Amsterdam