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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: -3.011,Lat: 58.8277
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	18:38:59pm
At island	South Ronaldsay
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 Quindry	1.9 km	SouthEast
2 Herston	1.9 km	South
3 St Margaret's Hope	2.8 km	EastSouthEast
4 Widewall	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Aikers	4.8 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	346 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	410 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	506 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hoxa lies at the North Sea (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 21.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named South Ronaldsay. The distance to the mainland is 10.4 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 341.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 478 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 87%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 322 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 16 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

2.7 km2

10.5%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

22.4 km2

86.6%

Urban area

0.3 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hoxa in country Scotland

Hoxa 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	21 km	NorthNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	316 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	321 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Hoxa
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orphir

Type of weather in Orphir	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	09:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:38 Europe/Amsterdam