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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: -1.1596,Lat: 60.5058
Elevation	28 meter above sea level
Local time	17:16:20pm
At island	Yell
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Shetland Islands
Name	North Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Clothan	1.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Copister	2.5 km	SouthEast
3 West Yell	2.5 km	North
4 Hamnavoe	3.5 km	East
5 Brough	4.1 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	343 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	556 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	663 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ulsta lies at the North Sea (direction WestSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 30.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Yell. The distance to the mainland is 231.6 km.

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 24.5 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 526.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 736 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 23%, low location: 77%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is 0.

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 353 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

5 km2

12.6%

Wet nature

28 km2

70.6%

Agriculture

6.7 km2

16.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ulsta in country Scotland

Ulsta 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	204 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	357 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	471 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Ulsta
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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:	8.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	6 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	09:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:00 Europe/Amsterdam