- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- KOI Kirkwall Airport14 km
- EOI Eday Airport14 km
About Galt Skerry
Galt Skerry is an island. Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland. The nearest airport is Kirkwall Airport (14 km). Nearby sights include Galt Skerry and Shapinsay.
Photos of Galt Skerry
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Shapinsay C Michael Hogan · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Wyre Original uploader was Otter at nl.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Gairsay See above · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Thieves Holm Des Colhoun · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Sweyn Holm Derek Mayes · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Climate of Galt Skerry
This month · November
A wet month
Day 9° · Night 5° · Rain 129 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 15°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 2°)
- Wettest month
- November (129 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) | 7° | 6° | 7° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 13° | 11° | 9° | 8° |
| Average low (°C) | 3° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 9° | 7° | 5° | 4° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 112 | 87 | 99 | 67 | 53 | 55 | 61 | 74 | 104 | 120 | 129 | 119 |
How to get to Galt Skerry
The nearest airport is Kirkwall Airport (KOI), 14 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 221 km to the south.
Airports
- Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 14 kmsouth
- Eday Airport (EOI) Eday 14 kmnortheast
- Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 70 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 221 kmsouth
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 291 kmsouth
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 349 kmsouth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 367 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Galt Skerry
Within 100 km: 38 historic and cultural sites, 548 natural sites, 220 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km314 places
- Shapinsay Island 3 kmS
- Rousay Island 12 kmNW
- Eday Island 13 kmNE
- Wyre Island 6 kmNW
25–60 km265 places
- Hoy Island 34 kmSW
- Papa Westray Island Island 30 kmN
- Flotta Island 30 kmSW
- Hesta Head Natural site 33 kmS
60–100 km227 places
- Clett Island 63 kmSW
- Glass Islands Island 86 kmSW
- Garbh-eilean Island 84 kmSW
- Fair Isle Island 88 kmNE
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Galt Skerry Lake, Orkney Islands0.5 km N
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Shapinsay Island, Orkney Islands3.4 km S
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Ling Holm Island, Orkney Islands2.3 km SE
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Salt Ness Natural site, Orkney Islands1.8 km SW
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Sweyn Holm Island, Orkney Islands3.3 km W
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Grass Holm Island, Orkney Islands2.5 km SW
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Veantrow Bay Natural site, Orkney Islands2.3 km SE
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Hen of Gairsay Natural site, Orkney Islands3.2 km W
More lakes, rivers and coasts in United Kingdom
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Wyre Island, Orkney Islands5.8 km NW
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Gairsay Island, Orkney Islands4.5 km W
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Rousay Island, Orkney Islands12 km NW -
Eday Island, Orkney Islands13 km NE -
Holm of Boray Island, Orkney Islands3.7 km W
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Thieves Holm Island, Orkney Islands7.3 km S
Sources & licences
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