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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: -3.2937,Lat: 59.0858
Elevation	21 meter above sea level
Local time	18:01:07pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	West Mainland
Other place with same name 1	Isbister Scotland - Shetland Islands
Other place with same name 2	Isbister Scotland - Shetland Islands -
Other place with same name 3	Isbister Scotland - Orkney Islands

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Twatt	1.9 km	NorthEast
2 Quoyloo	2.1 km	SouthWest
3 Skeabrae	2.2 km	South
4 Swartland	2.3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Marwick	2.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	371 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	377 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	527 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Boardhouse (2.1 km² at a distance of 2.6 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 10 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 372.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 521 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 11%, low location: 89%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 350 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 26 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

3.4 km2

5.1%

Wet nature

1.4 km2

2.1%

Agriculture

57 km2

85.2%

Water - Lakes

5.1 km2

7.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Isbister in country Scotland

Isbister 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	12 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	340 km	WestSouthWest
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	344 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stromness

Type of weather in Stromness	broken clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	54 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	09:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:38 Europe/Amsterdam