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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: -1.1151,Lat: 60.1424
Elevation	64 meter above sea level
Local time	11:40:46am
At island	Bressay
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Shetland Islands
Name	Lerwick North

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kirkabister	1.9 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Setter	2.7 km	NorthEast
3 Lerwick	2.9 km	NorthWest
4 Brough	2.9 km	East
5 Heogan	3.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	368 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	519 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	662 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Grindiscol lies at the North Sea (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 12 km in NorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Bressay. The distance to the mainland is 197.5 km.

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 20 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 486.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 681 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 43%, low location: 57%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 352 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sumburgh Airport (at a distance of 31 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

18.5 km2

43.8%

Wet nature

10.6 km2

25.1%

Agriculture

8.9 km2

21.2%

Urban area

3.8 km2

8.9%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grindiscol in country Scotland

Grindiscol 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	174 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	358 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	480 km	East

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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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.19 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	54 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	09:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:22 Europe/Amsterdam