Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Scotland
• Level 2: Orkney Islands

Current local time in Orkney:

10:29 PM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Orkney on map:^[1]

Orkney GPS coordinates^[2]

58° 59' 4.74" North, 2° 57' 34.308" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	59.34505°,	-3.66266°
Center:	58.98465°,	-2.95953°
Lower-right:	58.62044°,	-2.25641°
Map W x H:	80.6×80.6 km	= 50.1×50.1mi

max Lat:	60.39635°   ⇑0.1% North
Orkney:	58.98465°
min Lat:	⇓99.9% South 34.60088°

^Note1

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min Long	Orkney	max Long
-7.64133°	-2.95953°	32.95536°
W 25.6%⇐		⇒74.4% E

Elevation

Elevation of Orkney is 2 m = 7 ft, and this is 70.9 m = 233 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	515 m = 1690 ft	99.8%
Avg.	72.9 m = 239 ft
Orkney	2 m = 7 ft
Min E:	-30 m = -98 ft	0.2%

See also: United Kingdom elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Orkney 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 Orkney
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 Orkney: (largest is in red/bold)

• Brora 120.1 km =74.6 mi, 205°
• Castletown 50 km =31.1 mi, 209°
• Cullen 144.1 km =89.5 mi, 176°
• Dornoch 137.6 km =85.5 mi, 206°
• Findochty 143.2 km =89 mi, 178°
• Golspie 127.1 km =79 mi, 207°
• Halkirk 60.8 km =37.8 mi, 210°
• Helmsdale 104.5 km =64.9 mi, 202°
• Hopeman 144.7 km =89.9 mi, 190°
• Kirkwall 0 km =0 mi, 71°
• Lossiemouth 141.7 km =88 mi, 187°
• Portknockie 142.7 km =88.7 mi, 177°
• Stromness 19.4 km =12.1 mi, 263°
• Thurso 54.4 km =33.8 mi, 216°
• Wick 61.2 km =38 mi, 187°

In other languages:

• In Spanish: Orcadas
• In France: Orcades
• In Italian: Isole Orcadi
• In Russian: Оркнейские острова
• In Chinese: 奥克尼群岛