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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: -2.9013,Lat: 59.2884
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	17:02:57pm
At island	Westray
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	North Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rapness	3.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Midbea	4.2 km	West
3 Sulland	4.7 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Braehead	4.9 km	NorthWest
5 Gayfield	5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	369 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	398 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	556 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Skelwick lies at the North Sea (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Swannay (2.1 km² at a distance of 23.9 km in SouthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Westray. The distance to the mainland is 65.6 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 390.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 547 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 30%, low location: 70%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 374 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eday Airport (at a distance of 13 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

1 km2

4.2%

Agriculture

22.7 km2

95.3%

Rock-Sand

0.1 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Skelwick in country Scotland

Skelwick 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	37 km	SouthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	368 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	369 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pierowall

Type of weather in Pierowall	light rain
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	12.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	6 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	09:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:18 Europe/Amsterdam