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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: -2.7964,Lat: 58.9125
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	2:09:26am
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 Snippigar	2.3 km	EastNorthEast
2 Foubister	2.6 km	WestNorthWest
3 Gritley	2.9 km	NorthEast
4 Braehead	3.1 km	WestSouthWest
5 Cornquoy	3.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	358 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	408 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	519 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Upper Sanday lies at the North Sea (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 24.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 348.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 488 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 17%, low location: 83%, The hills are mainly southern 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 332 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 8 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

3.5 km2

8.7%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

36.2 km2

90.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Upper Sanday in country Scotland

Upper Sanday 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	24 km	WestNorthWest
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	332 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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	982 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	6 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	10:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:14 Europe/Amsterdam