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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: -1.159,Lat: 60.1563
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	7:16:29am
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Lerwick South

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Heogan	2 km	NorthEast
2 Grindiscol	2.9 km	SouthEast
3 Gunnista	4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Kirkabister	4.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Wick	4.2 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	365 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	519 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	664 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Lerwick lies at the North Sea (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 9.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 17.5 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 487.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 682 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 26%, low location: 74%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 354 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

22.5 km2

41.9%

Wet nature

13.3 km2

24.7%

Agriculture

13.2 km2

24.6%

Urban area

3.9 km2

7.3%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lerwick in country Scotland

Lerwick 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	360 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	482 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Lerwick
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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 20 April 2024:	15 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	06:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam