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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: -1.4663,Lat: 60.178
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	20:25:56pm
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland West

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Easter Skeld	1.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Hestinsetter	1.6 km	North
3 Westerwick	1.6 km	WestSouthWest
4 Silwick	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Culswick	2.8 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	350 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	516 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	679 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Wester Skeld lies at the North Sea (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 9.9 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 16.3 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 488.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 683 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 67%, low location: 33%, 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 371 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

15.2 km2

37.9%

Wet nature

17 km2

42.3%

Agriculture

7.6 km2

19%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wester Skeld in country Scotland

Wester Skeld 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	164 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	377 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	480 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Wester Skeld
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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	moderate rain
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.82 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	15 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	06:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:56 Europe/Amsterdam