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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: -2.8557,Lat: 58.9808
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	17:11:54pm
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 Linksness	2 km	EastSouthEast
2 Hall of Tankerness	2.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Tankerness	2.3 km	South
4 Toab	4 km	South
5 Berstane	4.4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	365 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	399 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	525 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Yinstay lies at the North Sea (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 19.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Milldoe with a height of 221 meter (at a distance of 18.1 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 356.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 499 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 26%, low location: 74%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 340 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 3.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.5 km2

1.7%

Wet nature

1.6 km2

4.8%

Agriculture

27.8 km2

86.2%

Urban area

0.2 km2

0.7%

Infrastructure

1.5 km2

4.5%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Yinstay in country Scotland

Yinstay 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	19 km	WestNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	334 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old and New Towns of Edinburgh	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	339 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Yinstay
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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	few clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	15 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:03 Europe/Amsterdam