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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: -3.3625,Lat: 58.9248
Elevation	38 meter above sea level
Local time	17:42:02pm
At island	Hoy
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	Stromness and South Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hoy	2.2 km	SouthEast
2 Linksness	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Breckan	3.7 km	East
4 Quoyness	4.2 km	SouthEast
5 Outertown	5.5 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	353 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	391 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	509 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Murra lies at the North Sea (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 9 km in NorthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Hoy. The distance to the mainland is 12.8 km.

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 21.3 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 355.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 498 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 62%, hill: 32%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 332 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 27 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

27.3 km2

76.7%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

Agriculture

6.7 km2

18.8%

Urban area

0.1 km2

0.2%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Murra in country Scotland

Murra 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	13 km	EastNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	326 km	South
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	329 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Murra
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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:	10.94 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	52 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	09:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:39 Europe/Amsterdam