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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: -3.3508,Lat: 59.023
Elevation	40 meter above sea level
Local time	19:45:05pm
At island	Mainland-orkney
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Orkney Islands
Name	West Mainland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Voy	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Arion	3.2 km	SouthEast
3 Aith	3.3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Hestwall	3.8 km	East
5 Quholm	3.9 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	364 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	382 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	519 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Yesnaby lies at the North Sea (direction WestNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 14.1 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 366.3 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 513 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 87%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Hoy and West Mainland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 343 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 27 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

9.9 km2

23.1%

Agriculture

30.7 km2

71.8%

Water - Lakes

2.2 km2

5.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Yesnaby in country Scotland

Yesnaby 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	9.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	334 km	West
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	337 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Yesnaby
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stromness

Type of weather in Stromness	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	17 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	05:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:42 Europe/Amsterdam