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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.3234,Lat: 59.9746
Elevation	129 meter above sea level
Local time	20:10:21pm
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland South

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ireland	0.9 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Levenwick	2.8 km	East
3 Maywick	3.1 km	North
4 Southpunds	3.2 km	EastSouthEast
5 Scousburgh	3.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	370 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	497 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	662 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Bigton lies at the North Sea (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 25.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 466.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 653 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 90%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Shetland Islands
Shetland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 366 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sumburgh Airport (at a distance of 11 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

13 km2

31.2%

Wet nature

11.1 km2

26.7%

Agriculture

16.7 km2

40.2%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bigton in country Scotland

Bigton at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	152 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	372 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	460 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Bigton
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sandwick

Type of weather in Sandwick	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	09:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:24 Europe/Amsterdam