- Elevation
- 41 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- KOI Kirkwall Airport26 km
- EOI Eday Airport26 km
About Stoney Holm
Stoney Holm is an island. Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland. The nearest airport is Kirkwall Airport (26 km). Nearby sights include Muckle Holm and Park Holm.
Photos of Stoney Holm
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Costa Head Jim Barton · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Aiker Ness Stanley Howe · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Stoney Holm
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 6° | 6° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 13° | 11° | 8° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 2° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 9° | 7° | 4° | 3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 116 | 88 | 103 | 65 | 53 | 56 | 64 | 77 | 107 | 124 | 134 | 122 |
How to get to Stoney Holm
The nearest airport is Kirkwall Airport (KOI), 26 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 230 km to the south.
Airports
- Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 26 kmsoutheast
- Eday Airport (EOI) Eday 26 kmeast
- Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 75 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 230 kmsouth
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 296 kmsouth
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 354 kmsouth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 369 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Stoney Holm
Within 100 km: 37 historic and cultural sites, 590 natural sites, 237 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km228 places
- Shapinsay Island 20 kmSE
- Rousay Island 11 kmNE
- Eday Island 25 kmE
- Wyre Island 14 kmE
25–60 km350 places
- Hoy Island 31 kmS
- Papa Westray Island Island 30 kmNE
- Flotta Island 33 kmS
- Auskerry Island 38 kmE
60–100 km286 places
- Eilean nan Ron Island 91 kmSW
- Rabbit Islands Island 95 kmSW
- Neave Island Island 90 kmSW
- Eilean Iosal Island 91 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Muckle Holm Island, Orkney Islands0.3 km NE
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Park Holm Island, Orkney Islands0.4 km SE
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Hundland Hill Mountain, Orkney Islands1.1 km W
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Loch of Swannay Lake, Orkney Islands1 km NW
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Costa Head Natural site, Orkney Islands2.6 km N
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Vinquin Hill Mountain, Orkney Islands1.9 km NE
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Loch of Hundland Lake, Orkney Islands2 km SW
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Costa Hill Mountain, Orkney Islands2.4 km N
More lakes, rivers and coasts in United Kingdom
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Rousay Island, Orkney Islands11 km NE -
Wyre Island, Orkney Islands14 km E -
Loch of Boardhouse Lake, Orkney Islands4.6 km W
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Gairsay Island, Orkney Islands14 km E -
Eynhallow Island, Orkney Islands5.7 km NE
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Sweyn Holm Island, Orkney Islands15 km E
Sources & licences
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