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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: -1.6557,Lat: 60.299
Elevation	70 meter above sea level
Local time	4:30:58am
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland West

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Norby	1.4 km	East
2 Biggings	3.5 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Dale of Walls	4.7 km	SouthSouthWest
4 West Burrafirth	6.3 km	EastSouthEast
5 Mid Walls	7 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	333 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	525 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	687 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sandness lies at the North Sea (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 22.2 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 19.7 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 500.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 701 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 87%, 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 381 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

16.3 km2

43.1%

Wet nature

11.4 km2

30.2%

Agriculture

9.7 km2

25.5%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sandness in country Scotland

Sandness 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	170 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	386 km	East
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	485 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Sandness
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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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.29 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 25 April 2024:	15 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	06:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:50 Europe/Amsterdam