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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: -1.1175,Lat: 60.1257
Elevation	73 meter above sea level
Local time	15:55:53pm
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 Grindiscol	1.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Brough	4 km	NorthEast
3 Lerwick	4.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Setter	4.3 km	NorthEast
5 Wick	5.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	369 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	517 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	662 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Kirkabister lies at the North Sea (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 13.1 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 21.5 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 484.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 678 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 35%, low location: 65%, 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.

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 352 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sumburgh Airport (at a distance of 29 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

12.5 km2

39.3%

Wet nature

9.1 km2

28.5%

Agriculture

7 km2

21.9%

Urban area

2.9 km2

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kirkabister in country Scotland

Kirkabister 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	173 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	358 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	480 km	SouthSouthWest

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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:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.3 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	09:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:22 Europe/Amsterdam