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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: -1.3599,Lat: 59.9323
Elevation	35 meter above sea level
Local time	15:28:41pm
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland South

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 South Scousburgh	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Scousburgh	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
3 Longfield	2.5 km	East
4 Hillwell	2.6 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Ringasta	2.9 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	372 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	492 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	657 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Noss lies at the North Sea (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 30.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 461.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 646 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 84%, hill: 4%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Shetland Islands
Shetland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 369 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sumburgh Airport (at a distance of 6.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

10.4 km2

27.3%

Wet nature

0.1 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

25.5 km2

67.1%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

2.6%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Noss in country Scotland

Noss 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	148 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	375 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	455 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Noss
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Virkie

Type of weather in Virkie	few clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	09:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:24 Europe/Amsterdam