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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: -2.8969,Lat: 59.3469
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	12:13:22pm
At island	Papa Westray
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	North Isles
Other place with same name 1	Holland Scotland - Orkney Islands
Other place with same name 2	Holland Nordrhein-Westfalen - Detmold

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Backaskaill	0.7 km	SouthWest
2 Gayfield	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Skaill	3.5 km	WestNorthWest
4 Windywalls	4.1 km	WestNorthWest
5 Rackwick	4.7 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	364 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	404 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	562 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Holland lies at the North Sea (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 29 km in SouthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Papa Westray. The distance to the mainland is 76 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 397.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 556 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 42%, low location: 58%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 380 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 19 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

2 km2

14.3%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

11.2 km2

80.5%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

3.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Holland in country Scotland

Holland 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	43 km	SouthWest
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	372 km	WestSouthWest
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	375 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Holland
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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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.71 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	990 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	09:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:34 Europe/Amsterdam