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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: -3.2791,Lat: 59.0674
Elevation	20 meter above sea level
Local time	23:02:22pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	West Mainland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Swartland	0.9 km	EastNorthEast
2 Quoyloo	2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Isbister	2.2 km	North
4 Dounby	2.7 km	East
5 Greeny	3 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	369 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	379 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	525 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 2.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 9 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 370.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 518 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 16%, low location: 84%, 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 348 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 25 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

3.9 km2

5.3%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

61.6 km2

83.1%

Water - Lakes

7.4 km2

10%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Skeabrae in country Scotland

Skeabrae 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	9.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	340 km	West
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	342 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Skeabrae
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	Bings maps
	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

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:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 20 May 2024:	17 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	05:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:46 Europe/Amsterdam