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Coordinates:	long: -2.91756 lat : 58.85426
Coordinates (gr,min,sec): WGS84	long: -2°55'3.2304 lat : 58°51'15.3396
Surface area:	10.6 km² (0.028 x Isle of Wight)
Length coastline:	23.4 km
Average height:	23.2 metre
Length island:	6.2 km
Maximum width island (estimate):	3.7 km
Name :	(77 metre)
Orientation island:	West - East

Habited:	Yes
Number of inhabitants:	409
Population density:	45.00 inh/km2
Important places (direction):	Burray Village (ZW), Northtown (N), Southtown (Z), Hillside

Local native name:	Burray
Archipelago (island group):
Neighboring islands (Island hopping):	1) South Ronaldsay 0.603 km SouthSouthEast 2) Mainland Orkney 2.1 km NorthNorthWest 3) Flotta 4.4 km WestSouthWest 4) Fara 9.5 km West 5) South Walls 10.2 km WestSouthWest 6) Hoy 10.8 km WestSouthWest 7) Shapinsay 16.4 km North 8) Holm of Grimbister 17.1 km NorthNorthWest 9) Graemsay 17.9 km WestNorthWest 10) Island of Stroma 18.7 km SouthSouthWest 11) Inner Holm 20.7 km NorthWest 12) Gairsay 22.6 km North 13) Auskerry 24.7 km NorthEast 14) Stronsay 25.3 km NorthNorthEast 15) Wyre 26.9 km North 16) Egilsay 28.1 km North 17) Rousay 29 km North 18) Eday 30 km North 19) Sanday 36.4 km NorthNorthEast 20) Westray 39.5 km North 21) Papa Westray 50.2 km North 22) North Ronaldsay 59.1 km NorthNorthEast 23) Fair Isle 100 km NorthEast 24) Mainland Shetland 141.3 km NorthEast 25) Foula 145.3 km NorthNorthEast
Country:
Country-section:	Schotland
Location in Country:
Name :
Name :
Main place:	Burray Village
Places portal2europe (sister website):	Burray Village (Central) Hillside (Central) Northtown (NorthEast) Southtown (EastSouthEast)
Location Main place:	Center
Sea:
Distance to main land:	23 km
Nearest Country:
Type Water:	rocky surface
island-Type:	island in sea
Remarks:

The weather type in Kirkwall	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Precipitation last 3 hours:	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 meter per second (Wind force - bft 4)
Winddirection:	South-southwest
Atmospheric pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 10 November 2025:	8 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise:	08:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset:	17:00 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather-page: Burray

Kirkwall - GB (longitude: -2.9176, latitude: 58.8543)
Distance weather station to the center island (direction Z): 14.37 km

19:00
10 degrees Celcius
996 mbar
broken clouds weericoon

22:00
9 degrees Celcius
997 mbar
light rain weericoon

1:00
7 degrees Celcius
996 mbar
broken clouds weericoon

4:00
8 degrees Celcius
996 mbar
overcast clouds weericoon

7:00
10 degrees Celcius
997 mbar
overcast clouds weericoon

Directly accessible from Western Europe (The Netherlands) by plane:	No
International airport present :	No
Accessible by car:	No
Distance from Western Europe (The Netherlands) (rough estimate):	0 km
Ferry connection - Car - Car - with mainland:	No
Boat Connection - pedestrian - with mainland:	No
Ferry - Car - connect with another island - Island hopping:	No
Boat Connection - pedestrian - with another island:	No
Bicycle facilities:	No