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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: -3.1376,Lat: 58.9823
Elevation	76 meter above sea level
Local time	1:59:13am
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	West Mainland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Heddle	1.3 km	NorthEast
2 Grimbister	2.9 km	EastNorthEast
3 Finstown	3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Kirbister	3.8 km	South
5 Sultigeo	4.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	361 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	391 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	519 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 3.7 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 9.7 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 359.4 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 503 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 92%, hill: 2%, 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 339 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 14 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

27.1 km2

36.7%

Wet nature

12.6 km2

17%

Agriculture

30.9 km2

41.8%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

2.9 km2

3.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Nisthouse in country Scotland

Nisthouse 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	3.3 km	NorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	333 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	338 km	SouthSouthWest

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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:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.05 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	981 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	6 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	10:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:15 Europe/Amsterdam