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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: -1.1443,Lat: 60.3196
Elevation	45 meter above sea level
Local time	10:06:11am
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland North

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Quoys	0.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Dury	1.7 km	WestNorthWest
3 Brettabister	2.4 km	South
4 Neap	3 km	SouthEast
5 Levaneap	3.5 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	355 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	537 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	662 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Laxfirth lies at the North Sea (direction East). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 11.7 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 8.9 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 505.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 708 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 24%, low location: 76%, 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 352 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

11.3 km2

23.3%

Wet nature

31.2 km2

64.4%

Agriculture

6 km2

12.3%

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	188 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	358 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	475 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 Shetland Islands

Type of weather in Shetland Islands	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.42 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	998 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:58 Europe/Amsterdam