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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: -1.156,Lat: 60.2445
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	15:05:08pm
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland North

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Freester	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Benston	2.5 km	North
3 Brough	2.9 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Eswick	3.2 km	NorthEast
5 Skellister	3.2 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	359 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	529 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	663 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Gletness lies at the North Sea (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 6.4 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 9.8 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 497.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 696 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 50%, low location: 50%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is 0.

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 353 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

10.7 km2

32.9%

Wet nature

10.9 km2

33.7%

Agriculture

9.5 km2

29.5%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

3.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gletness in country Scotland

Gletness 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	181 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	359 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	479 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lerwick

Type of weather in Lerwick	clear sky
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	09:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:21 Europe/Amsterdam