- Elevation
- 63 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- EOI Eday Airport25 km
- KOI Kirkwall Airport27 km
About Costa Head
Costa Head is a natural site. Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Costa Head is a prominent headland on Eynhallow Sound on the northwestern coast of the Orkney Mainland, Scotland. The tidal indraught of Eynhallow Sound is "scarcely felt beyond a line joining Costa Head and the Reef of Quendale". To the east is the Point of Hellia on which is located the Broch of Gurness, an Iron Age promontory fort.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photos of Costa Head
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Aiker Ness Stanley Howe · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Costa Head
This month · November
A wet month
Day 8° · Night 4° · Rain 134 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 15°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 2°)
- Wettest month
- November (134 mm)
- Driest month
- May (53 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 6° | 6° | 7° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 13° | 11° | 8° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 2° | 2° | 2° | 3° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 8° | 7° | 4° | 3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 116 | 88 | 103 | 65 | 53 | 56 | 64 | 77 | 107 | 124 | 134 | 122 |
How to get to Costa Head
The nearest airport is Eday Airport (EOI), 25 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 233 km to the south.
Airports
- Eday Airport (EOI) Eday 25 kmeast
- Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 27 kmsoutheast
- Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 77 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 233 kmsouth
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 299 kmsouth
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 356 kmsouth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 371 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Costa Head
Within 100 km: 37 historic and cultural sites, 573 natural sites, 233 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km220 places
- Shapinsay Island 21 kmSE
- Rousay Island 10 kmE
- Eday Island 24 kmE
- Wyre Island 14 kmE
25–60 km347 places
- Hoy Island 34 kmS
- Papa Westray Island Island 28 kmNE
- Flotta Island 36 kmS
- Auskerry Island 38 kmE
60–100 km276 places
- Clett Island 62 kmS
- Eilean nan Ron Island 93 kmSW
- Rabbit Islands Island 97 kmSW
- Neave Island Island 92 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Swannay Village, Orkney Islands2.4 km SW
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Abune-the-Hill Village, Orkney Islands2.5 km SW
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Costa Neighbourhood, Orkney Islands2.6 km SE
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Kirbuster Village, Orkney Islands5.1 km SW
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Evie Village, Orkney Islands5.6 km SE
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The Barony Village, Orkney Islands6.2 km SW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Costa Hill Mountain, Orkney Islands0.4 km SW
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Vinquin Hill Mountain, Orkney Islands2 km SE
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Loch of Swannay Lake, Orkney Islands2.1 km SW
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Muckle Holm Island, Orkney Islands2.4 km S
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Stoney Holm Island, Orkney Islands2.6 km S
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Hundland Hill Mountain, Orkney Islands3.1 km SW
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Park Holm Island, Orkney Islands2.9 km S
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Hillquoy Mountain, Orkney Islands4.5 km SW
More nature in United Kingdom
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Aiker Ness Natural site, Orkney Islands7.6 km SE
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Kirbuster Hill Mountain, Orkney Islands4.7 km SW
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Scabra Head Natural site, Orkney Islands5.1 km E
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Mid Hill Mountain, Orkney Islands5.4 km SE
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Greeny Hill Mountain, Orkney Islands6.5 km S
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Marwick Head Natural site, Orkney Islands10 km SW
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources