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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: -1.2294,Lat: 60.1829
Elevation	36 meter above sea level
Local time	9:53:47am
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland Central

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gott	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Laxfirth	2.5 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Breiwick	3.8 km	NorthEast
4 White Ness	4.3 km	West
5 Lerwick	4.9 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	360 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	521 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	668 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 Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	173 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	364 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	484 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lerwick

Type of weather in Lerwick	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	6 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	09:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:18 Europe/Amsterdam