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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: -1.3844,Lat: 60.3734
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	17:40:39pm
At island	Mainland
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland North

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Busta	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Wethersta	2 km	EastSouthEast
3 Brae	3 km	NorthEast
4 Little-Ayre	3.2 km	SouthWest
5 Islesburgh	3.6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	340 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	538 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	675 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Roesound lies at the North Sea (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 16.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Mainland. The distance to the mainland is 167.5 km.

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 9.7 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 510.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 714 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 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 365 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

27.6 km2

59%

Wet nature

5.1 km2

10.8%

Agriculture

13.5 km2

28.8%

Urban area

0.7 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Roesound in country Scotland

Roesound 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	185 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	370 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	486 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Brae

Type of weather in Brae	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.59 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	6 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	09:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:02 Europe/Amsterdam