- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- KOI Kirkwall Airport12 km
- EOI Eday Airport15 km
About Ling Holm
Ling Holm is an island. Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland. The nearest airport is Kirkwall Airport (12 km). Nearby sights include Veantrow Bay and Shapinsay.
Photos of Ling Holm
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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 Ling Holm
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 Ling Holm
The nearest airport is Kirkwall Airport (KOI), 12 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 219 km to the south.
Airports
- Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 12 kmsouth
- Eday Airport (EOI) Eday 15 kmnorth
- Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 69 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 219 kmsouth
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 289 kmsouth
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 347 kmsouth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 366 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Ling Holm
Within 100 km: 38 historic and cultural sites, 550 natural sites, 220 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km302 places
- Shapinsay Island 2 kmSW
- Rousay Island 15 kmNW
- Eday Island 14 kmN
- Wyre Island 8 kmNW
25–60 km277 places
- Hoy Island 35 kmSW
- Papa Westray Island Island 32 kmN
- Flotta Island 30 kmSW
- Hesta Head Natural site 32 kmS
60–100 km229 places
- Clett Island 63 kmSW
- Glass Islands Island 86 kmSW
- Garbh-eilean Island 85 kmSW
- Fair Isle Island 87 kmNE
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Veantrow Bay Natural site, Orkney Islands<0.1 km N
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Shapinsay Island, Orkney Islands2.1 km SW
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The Ouse Lake, Orkney Islands1.9 km S
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Galt Skerry Island, Orkney Islands2.3 km NW
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Ward Hill (Shapinsay) Island, Orkney Islands2.6 km S
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Galt Skerry Lake, Orkney Islands2.7 km NW
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Ness of Howe Natural site, Orkney Islands3.8 km S
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Salt Ness Natural site, Orkney Islands2.9 km W
More lakes, rivers and coasts in United Kingdom
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Wyre Island, Orkney Islands8 km NW
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Gairsay Island, Orkney Islands6.6 km W
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Sweyn Holm Island, Orkney Islands5.5 km NW
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Rousay Island, Orkney Islands15 km NW -
Eday Island, Orkney Islands14 km N -
Thieves Holm Island, Orkney Islands6.8 km SW
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources