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Island location South Walls in western Europe

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Physical characteristics - Location

Coordinates: long: -3.17818 lat : 58.79081
Coordinates (gr,min,sec): WGS84long: -3°10'41.4516 lat : 58°4'44.6916
Surface area: 11.6 km2 (0.03 x Isle of Wight)
Length coastline: 17.6 km
Average height: 23 metre
Length island: 5.3 km
Maximum width island (estimate): 2.8 km
Name : (51 metre)
Orientation island: West-southwest - East-northeast

Demographic data island

Habited: Yes
Number of inhabitants: 419
Population density: 2.90 inh/km2
Important places (direction): Longhope (NW)

Naming - Location

Local native name: South Walls
Archipelago (island group):
Neighboring islands
(Island hopping): 		1) Hoy 0.343 km SouthWest
2) Flotta 1.1 km NorthNorthEast
3) Fara 3 km North
4) South Ronaldsay 6.1 km EastNorthEast
5) Island of Stroma 9.6 km SouthSouthEast
6) Burray 10.2 km EastNorthEast
7) Mainland Orkney 11.9 km North
8) Graemsay 14 km NorthNorthWest
9) Inner Holm 18.2 km NorthNorthWest
10) Holm of Grimbister 22.1 km North
11) Shapinsay 27.9 km NorthNorthEast
12) Gairsay 31.3 km NorthNorthEast
13) Wyre 35.1 km NorthNorthEast
14) Rousay 36.2 km North
15) Egilsay 37.9 km NorthNorthEast
16) Stronsay 40 km NorthEast
17) Auskerry 40.8 km NorthEast
18) Eday 42.4 km NorthNorthEast
19) Westray 49.4 km NorthNorthEast
20) Sanday 49.6 km NorthNorthEast
21) Papa Westray 59.3 km NorthNorthEast
22) North Ronaldsay 73.2 km NorthNorthEast
23) Fair Isle 115.9 km NorthEast
24) Mainland Shetland 156.7 km NorthEast
25) Foula 157.6 km NorthNorthEast
Country:
Country-section: Schotland
Location in Country:
Name :
Name :
Main place: Longhope
Places portal2europe
(sister website):		Hackness (EastNorthEast)
Longhope (NorthWest)
Wyng (NorthNorthEast)

Location Main place: Northwest
Sea:
Distance to main land: 13 km
Nearest Country:
Type Water: rocky surface
island-Type: island in sea
Remarks:

Topographic islandmap South Walls

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Height map of South Walls

South Walls Digital terrain model - DTM



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Weather at South Walls

The weather type in Orphirovercast cloudsweericoon
Current temperature: 8 degrees Celcius
Precipitation last 3 hours: No precipitation
Wind: 10.91 meter per second (Wind force - bft 6)
Winddirection: Southeast
Atmospheric pressure: 1000 mb
Humidity: 81 %
Daylength at 5 December 2025:6 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise: 09:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset: 16:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Weather-page: South Walls

The weather for the next few hours

Orphir - GB (longitude: -3.1782, latitude: 58.7908)
Distance weather station to the center island (direction Z): 16.28 km

1:00
8 degrees Celcius
1001 mbar
light rainweericoon		4:00
8 degrees Celcius
1000 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon		7:00
8 degrees Celcius
1000 mbar
light rainweericoon		10:00
8 degrees Celcius
996 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon		13:00
9 degrees Celcius
994 mbar
light rainweericoon

Climate: Temperature and Precipitation



Transport on your island-holiday

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

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Landuse South Walls

 Nature   0.3 km2 
 3% 
 Agriculture   10.2 km2 
 88% 
 Water   1.1 km2 
 9%