Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Scotland
• Level 2: Orkney Islands

Current local time in Kirkwall:

11:25 PM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Kirkwall on map:^[1]

Kirkwall GPS coordinates^[2]

58° 59' 5.244" North, 2° 57' 31.428" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	59.34519°,	-3.66186°
Center:	58.98479°,	-2.95873°
Lower-right:	58.62058°,	-2.25561°
Map W x H:	80.6×80.6 km	= 50.1×50.1mi

max Lat:	60.39635°   ⇑0.1% North
Kirkwall:	58.98479°
min Lat:	⇓99.9% South 34.60088°

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min Long	Kirkwall	max Long
-7.64133°	-2.95873°	32.95536°
W 25.6%⇐		⇒74.4% E

Elevation

Elevation of Kirkwall is 3 m = 10 ft, and this is 69.9 m = 229 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	515 m = 1690 ft	99.5%
Avg.	72.9 m = 239 ft
Kirkwall	3 m = 10 ft
Min E:	-30 m = -98 ft	0.5%

See also: United Kingdom elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Kirkwall is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 842.7 km =523.6 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Kirkwall
North Pole	3448.6	2142.9	to North
Arctic Circle	842.7	523.6	to North
Tropic Cancer	3952.6	2456	to South
Equator	6558.5	4075.3	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Kirkwall: (largest is in red/bold)

• Brora 120.2 km =74.7 mi, 205°
• Castletown 50.1 km =31.1 mi, 209°
• Cullen 144.2 km =89.6 mi, 176°
• Dornoch 137.7 km =85.6 mi, 206°
• Findochty 143.2 km =89 mi, 178°
• Golspie 127.2 km =79 mi, 207°
• Halkirk 60.9 km =37.8 mi, 210°
• Helmsdale 104.6 km =65 mi, 202°
• Hopeman 144.7 km =89.9 mi, 190°
• Lossiemouth 141.8 km =88.1 mi, 187°
• Orkney 0 km =0 mi, 251°
• Portknockie 142.7 km =88.7 mi, 177°
• Stromness 19.5 km =12.1 mi, 263°
• Thurso 54.5 km =33.9 mi, 216°
• Wick 61.2 km =38 mi, 187°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Керкуолл
• In Chinese: 柯克沃尔