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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: -1.1819,Lat: 60.5711
Elevation	68 meter above sea level
Local time	17:14:13pm
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 West Yell	4.9 km	South
2 Grimister	5.6 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Clothan	6.4 km	South
4 Mid Yell	7.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Camb	7.3 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	338 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	562 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	664 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

West Sandwick lies at the North Sea (direction WestNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Cliff (1 km² at a distance of 27 km in NorthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Yell. The distance to the mainland is 231.6 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 533.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 746 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is 0.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 354 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

7.5 km2

16.9%

Wet nature

35.3 km2

79.4%

Agriculture

1.6 km2

3.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of West Sandwick in country Scotland

West Sandwick 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	209 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	359 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	470 km	East

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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:	8.96 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	6 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	09:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:00 Europe/Amsterdam