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Holland

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.5936,Lat: 59.0855
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	17:15:54pm
At island	Stronsay
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 Dishes	1.1 km	North
2 Stebb Hill	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Kirbuster	2.6 km	EastNorthEast
4 Grobister	2.7 km	North
5 Everbay	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	380 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	397 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	541 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Holland lies at the North Sea (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 34.4 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 366.4 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 513 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 37%, low location: 63%, 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 353 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 15 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

4.2 km2

15.9%

Agriculture

21.2 km2

80.5%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

2.1%

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	36 km	West
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	348 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	352 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 Kirkwall

Type of weather in Kirkwall	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.53 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	6 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	09:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:18 Europe/Amsterdam