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Coordinates:	long: -2.95339 lat : 58.79174
Coordinates (gr,min,sec): WGS84	long: -2°57'12.2184 lat : 58°47'30.2712
Surface area:	49.7 km² (0.131 x Isle of Wight)
Length coastline:	54.9 km
Average height:	36 metre
Length island:	12.8 km
Maximum width island (estimate):	9.1 km
Name :	Ward Hill (116 metre)
Orientation island:	North - South

Habited:	Yes
Number of inhabitants:	909
Population density:	18.30 inh/km2
Important places (direction):	St Margaret's Hope (N), Burwick (Z), Grimness (NO), Hoxa (NNW)

Local native name:	South Ronaldsay
Archipelago (island group):
Neighboring islands (Island hopping):	1) Burray 0.603 km NorthNorthWest 2) Flotta 2.5 km West 3) Mainland Orkney 5.4 km NorthEast 4) South Walls 6.1 km WestSouthWest 5) Fara 6.8 km WestNorthWest 6) Hoy 7.5 km West 7) Island of Stroma 9.4 km WestSouthWest 8) Graemsay 17.6 km NorthWest 9) Holm of Grimbister 19.3 km NorthNorthWest 10) Shapinsay 20.6 km NorthNorthEast 11) Inner Holm 20.9 km NorthWest 12) Gairsay 26.4 km North 13) Auskerry 28.1 km NorthEast 14) Stronsay 29.4 km NorthNorthEast 15) Wyre 30.7 km North 16) Egilsay 32.1 km North 17) Rousay 32.6 km North 18) Eday 34.2 km North 19) Sanday 40.6 km NorthNorthEast 20) Westray 43.5 km North 21) Papa Westray 54.2 km North 22) North Ronaldsay 63.3 km NorthNorthEast 23) Fair Isle 103.4 km NorthEast 24) Mainland Shetland 145 km NorthEast 25) Foula 149.5 km NorthNorthEast
Country:
Country-section:	Schotland
Location in Country:
Name :
Name :
Main place:	St Margaret's Hope
Places portal2europe (sister website):	Aikers (Central) Burwick (SouthSouthWest) Cleat (South) Eastside (NorthEast) Grimness (South) Herston (NorthWest) Hoxa (NorthNorthWest) Liddel (South) Linklater (South) Lythes (Central) Mossetter (SouthSouthWest) Quindry (NorthNorthWest) Sandwick (Central) St Margaret's Hope (SouthWest) Suckquoy (Central) Widewall (Central)
Location Main place:	North-northwest
Sea:
Distance to main land:	10 km
Nearest Country:
Type Water:	rocky surface
island-Type:	island in sea
Remarks:

The weather type in Orphir	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Precipitation last 3 hours:	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 meter per second (Wind force - bft 4)
Winddirection:	South-southwest
Atmospheric pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 18 April 2026:	14 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise:	06:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset:	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather-page: South Ronaldsay

Orphir - GB (longitude: -2.9534, latitude: 58.7917)
Distance weather station to the center island (direction ZO): 19.48 km

11:00
9 degrees Celcius
1010 mbar
light rain weericoon

14:00
9 degrees Celcius
1015 mbar
light rain weericoon

17:00
8 degrees Celcius
1016 mbar
broken clouds weericoon

20:00
7 degrees Celcius
1019 mbar
broken clouds weericoon

23:00
8 degrees Celcius
1020 mbar
scattered 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