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Ireland

General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -3.2124,Lat: 58.9666 marker
Elevation75 meter above sea level
Local time2:19:17am
At islandMainland-orkney
Name province/region (Country)Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)Orkney Islands
Name West Mainland
Other place with same name 1 Ireland Scotland - Shetland Islands

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Clouston1.6 km NorthNorthWest
2 Hall of Clestrain2.3 km SouthSouthWest
3 Sultigeo2.3 km NorthNorthEast
4 Clestrain2.9 km South
5 Petertown3.9 km South

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 GlasgowScotland359 km SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands391 km NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast   Northern-ireland516 km SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ireland lies at the North Sea (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km2 at a distance of 2.4 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 12.6 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 358.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 502 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 86%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)
Name
Hoy and West Mainland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 337 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 18 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   14.8 km2 
 23.4% 
 Wet nature   6.8 km2 
 10.7% 
 Agriculture   33.3 km2 
 52.7% 
 Urban area   0.3 km2 
 0.4% 
 Water - Lakes   8.1 km2 
 12.8% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Ireland in country Scotland


Ireland at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic OrkneyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland3.6 km NorthEast
2 The Forth BridgeUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland331 km SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of EdinburghUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland336 km South


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Current weather at Stromness

Type of weather in Stromnessmoderate rain weericoon
Current temperature: 10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 8.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction: South
Air pressure: 981 mb
Humidity: 87 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:6 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :10:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :16:15 Europe/Amsterdam

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