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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: -1.4902,Lat: 60.1694
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	6:48:02am
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland West

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Silwick	1 km	SouthEast
2 Wester Skeld	1.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Hestinsetter	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Culswick	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Easter Skeld	3.1 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	349 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	514 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	678 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Westerwick lies at the North Sea (direction SouthSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 11.5 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 17.8 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 487 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 682 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 73%, low location: 27%, 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 372 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

13.3 km2

41%

Wet nature

12.2 km2

37.6%

Agriculture

6.6 km2

20.4%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Westerwick in country Scotland

Westerwick 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	163 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	378 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	479 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Westerwick
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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	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.85 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	06:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:59 Europe/Amsterdam