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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: -2.9045,Lat: 58.8645
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	11:42:01am
At island	Burray
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hillside	1.8 km	WestSouthWest
2 Southtown	2 km	South
3 Burray Village	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 St Mary's	3.8 km	North
5 Graemeshall	4.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	351 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	409 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	512 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Northtown lies at the North Sea (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 22.3 km in NorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Burray. The distance to the mainland is 22.8 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 344.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 482 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 28%, low location: 72%, 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 326 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 10 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

3.5 km2

13.5%

Agriculture

20.8 km2

79.8%

Urban area

0.3 km2

1.2%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

1.6%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

3.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Northtown in country Scotland

Northtown 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	22 km	NorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	321 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	326 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kirkwall

Type of weather in Kirkwall	light rain
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	990 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	09:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:37 Europe/Amsterdam