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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: -2.8581,Lat: 58.9344
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	17:19:17pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
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 Toab	1.2 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Foubister	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Tankerness	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Gill of Garth	3.5 km	NorthWest
5 North Dawn	3.6 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	360 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	404 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	520 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 20.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 21.2 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 351.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 492 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 17%, low location: 83%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 334 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 3.7 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

4.3 km2

7.1%

Wet nature

4.5 km2

7.4%

Agriculture

50.3 km2

82.1%

Infrastructure

1.5 km2

2.4%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Quoyburray in country Scotland

Quoyburray 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	20 km	WestNorthWest
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	334 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	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	09:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:37 Europe/Amsterdam