Snippigar

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.7664,Lat: 58.9254
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	6:56:47am
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gritley	0.7 km	NorthEast
2 Upper Sanday	2.3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Grindigar	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
4 North Halley	3.3 km	North
5 Skaill	3.4 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	360 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	407 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	521 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Snippigar lies at the North Sea (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 25.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 349.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 490 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 19%, low location: 81%, 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 334 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 8.7 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

1.3 km2

3.8%

Agriculture

32.4 km2

96.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Snippigar in country Scotland

Snippigar 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	25 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	333 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Snippigar
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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	fog
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	16 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	05:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:32 Europe/Amsterdam