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General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -1.2294,Lat: 60.1829 marker
Elevation36 meter above sea level
Local time7:50:20am
At islandMainland-shetland
Name province/regionScotland
Name SubregionShetland Islands
Name Shetland Central

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Gott1.5 km NorthNorthEast
2 Laxfirth2.5 km NorthNorthEast
3 Breiwick3.8 km NorthEast
4 White Ness4.3 km West
5 Lerwick4.9 km SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands360 km NorthWest
2 GlasgowScotland521 km SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo   Norway668 km East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Veensgarth lies at the North Sea (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km2 at a distance of 4.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 13.3 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 489.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 686 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 16%, low location: 84%, 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 358 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   30.4 km2 
 45.9% 
 Wet nature   16.7 km2 
 25.2% 
 Agriculture   15.3 km2 
 23% 
 Urban area   1.8 km2 
 2.7% 
 Water - Lakes   1.7 km2 
 2.5% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Veensgarth in country Scotland


Veensgarth at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic OrkneyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland173 km SouthWest
2 BryggenNorway364 km East
3 The Forth BridgeUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland484 km SouthSouthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at Lerwick

Type of weather in Lerwickfew clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 3.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction: EastcNorth East
Air pressure: 1019 mb
Humidity: 79 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:16 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :05:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :22:05 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Lerwick - GB (longitude: -1.2294, latitude: 60.1829)
Distance weather station to place (direction NW): 0 Kilometers

11:00
13 degrees
1019 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
14:00
13 degrees
1019 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
17:00
11 degrees
1019 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
20:00
10 degrees
1019 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
23:00
9 degrees
1018 mbar
few cloudsweericoon
2:00
9 degrees
1017 mbar
clear skyweericoon
5:00
9 degrees
1017 mbar
clear skyweericoon
8:00
11 degrees
1017 mbar
clear skyweericoon










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