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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: -3.1153,Lat: 58.9504
Elevation	67 meter above sea level
Local time	1:48:14am
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	Kirkwall West and Orphir

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Orphir	2.1 km	SouthWest
2 Hobbister	2.8 km	EastSouthEast
3 Nisthouse	3.8 km	North
4 Crya	3.9 km	WestSouthWest
5 Greenigoe	4.8 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	358 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	395 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	516 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 6.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 13.2 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 355.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 498 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 94%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 335 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 12 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

26.5 km2

41.9%

Wet nature

14.2 km2

22.5%

Agriculture

21.5 km2

34%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kirbister in country Scotland

Kirbister 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	6.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	329 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	335 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Kirbister
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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.05 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	982 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	6 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	10:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:15 Europe/Amsterdam