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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: -3.2074,Lat: 58.9317
Elevation	54 meter above sea level
Local time	17:36:23pm
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 Clestrain	1 km	North
2 Houton	1.6 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Hall of Clestrain	2 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Crya	2.2 km	EastSouthEast
5 Orphir	3.9 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	355 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	394 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	512 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Petertown lies at the North Sea (direction WestSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 6.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 16.1 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 354.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 497 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 11%, low location: 86%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 333 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 18 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

10.8 km2

28.3%

Wet nature

6.1 km2

16%

Agriculture

21.3 km2

55.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Petertown in country Scotland

Petertown 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	7.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	327 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	333 km	South

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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	light rain
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	09:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:38 Europe/Amsterdam