- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- LSI Sumburgh Airport69 km
- EOI Eday Airport157 km
About Isle of Stenness
Isle of Stenness is an island. Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland.
The Isle of Stenness is one of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is off north west Mainland in the Northmavine. It sheltered the old fishing harbour at Esha Ness on the mainland. The Skerry of Eshaness and Dore Holm are not far away. Joan Grigsby camped here in 1933, and wrote the book An Island Rooin about it.
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Photos of Isle of Stenness
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Dore Holm ThoWi · Public domain
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Climate of Isle of Stenness
This month · November
A wet month
Day 9° · Night 5° · Rain 156 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 14°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 3°)
- Wettest month
- November (156 mm)
- Driest month
- May (52 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° | 14° | 13° | 11° | 9° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 3° | 3° | 3° | 4° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 9° | 7° | 5° | 4° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 139 | 106 | 125 | 74 | 52 | 56 | 58 | 78 | 118 | 136 | 156 | 147 |
How to get to Isle of Stenness
The nearest airport is Sumburgh Airport (LSI), 69 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 372 km to the south.
Airports
- Sumburgh Airport (LSI) Lerwick, Shetland 69 kmsouth
- Eday Airport (EOI) Eday 157 kmsouthwest
- Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 184 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 372 kmsouth
- Bergen Population: 294K 383 kmeast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Isle of Stenness
Within 100 km: 11 historic and cultural sites, 584 natural sites, 259 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km267 places
- Uynarey Island Island 24 kmE
- Little Roe Island Island 20 kmE
- Bigga Island Island 24 kmE
- Burka Stack Island 9 kmNE
25–60 km541 places
- Shetland Islands Island 27 kmSE
- Whalsay Island 39 kmSE
- Unst Island 51 kmNE
- Trondra Island 44 kmSE
60–100 km46 places
- Outer Flaess Island 62 kmNE
- Inner Flaess Island 61 kmNE
- Wick of Skaw Natural site 61 kmNE
- Horse Island Island 72 kmS
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Dore Holm Island, Shetland Islands1.3 km SE
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Sae Breck Mountain, Shetland Islands1.4 km N
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Esha Ness Natural site, Shetland Islands1.6 km N
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Esha Ness Field Mountain, Shetland Islands3.3 km NE
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Esha Ness Lighthouse Landmark, Shetland Islands1.7 km N
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Gruna Stack Island, Shetland Islands3.5 km N
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Hamna Voe Natural site, Shetland Islands4.5 km NE
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The Runk Mountain, Shetland Islands4.8 km E
Sources & licences
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