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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: -1.3256,Lat: 59.946
Elevation	101 meter above sea level
Local time	17:44:21pm
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	0.7 km	South
2 Longfield	1.7 km	South
3 Skelberry	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Noss	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 Boddam	3 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	372 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	494 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	659 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Scousburgh lies at the North Sea (direction WestNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 28.7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 463 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 648 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 11%, low location: 87%, hill: 3%, 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 367 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sumburgh Airport (at a distance of 7.6 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

11.4 km2

25%

Wet nature

4.5 km2

9.9%

Agriculture

28 km2

61.4%

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Scousburgh in country Scotland

Scousburgh 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	150 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	373 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	457 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Scousburgh
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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	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	09:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:24 Europe/Amsterdam