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west Sumburgh scotland north Exnaboe scotland East Saltoun scotland nearest Exnaboe scotland Eastside scotland south Toab scotland east Setter scotland


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General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -1.2883,Lat: 59.8887 marker
Elevation meter above sea level
Local time10:18:53am
At islandMainland-shetland
Name province/region (Country)Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)Shetland Islands
Name Shetland South

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Exnaboe0.2 km NorthNorthWest
2 Toab1.1 km West
3 Grutness1.9 km South
4 Sumburgh2 km South
5 Scatness2 km SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands378 km NorthWest
2 GlasgowScotland489 km SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast   Northern-ireland654 km SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Eastshore lies at the North Sea (direction SouthSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km2 at a distance of 35 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 456.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 640 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 21%, low location: 79%, hill: 1%, 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

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 1.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   2.4 km2 
 8.9% 
 Agriculture   22 km2 
 82.6% 
 Infrastructure   1.2 km2 
 4.5% 
 Rock-Sand   1 km2 
 3.7% 
 Water - Lakes   0.1 km2 
 0.3% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Eastshore in country Scotland


Eastshore at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic OrkneyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland147 km WestSouthWest
2 BryggenNorway372 km East
3 The Forth BridgeUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland452 km SouthSouthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Virkie

Type of weather in Virkiescattered clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 8.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction: East South East
Air pressure: 1003 mb
Humidity: 65 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:6 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :09:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :16:21 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Virkie - GB (longitude: -1.2883, latitude: 59.8887)
Distance weather station to place (direction N): not known
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994 mbar
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