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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: -1.2199,Lat: 60.2047
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	17:53:23pm
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland Central
Other place with same name 1	Laxfirth Scotland - Shetland Islands

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gott	1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Breiwick	2.1 km	East
3 Wadbister	2.4 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Veensgarth	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Girlsta	3.6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	359 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	523 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	667 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Laxfirth lies at the North Sea (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 3.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 11.2 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 492.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 689 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 17%, low location: 83%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. 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 357 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

23.1 km2

40.6%

Wet nature

17.6 km2

31%

Agriculture

14 km2

24.6%

Urban area

0.8 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Laxfirth in country Scotland

Laxfirth 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	175 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	363 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	483 km	East

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Filming Location	IMDB Laxfirth
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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	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	09:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:22 Europe/Amsterdam