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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: -1.2101,Lat: 60.129
Elevation	37 meter above sea level
Local time	15:47:26pm
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Lerwick South

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Brindister	1.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Uradale	3.2 km	West
3 Easter Quarff	3.3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Cutts	3.8 km	West
5 Scalloway	4 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	364 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	516 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	667 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Wick lies at the North Sea (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 9.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 19.3 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 484 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 678 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 15%, low location: 85%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 357 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sumburgh Airport (at a distance of 28 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

25.5 km2

48.4%

Wet nature

10.9 km2

20.7%

Agriculture

11.6 km2

22%

Urban area

3.6 km2

6.8%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wick in country Scotland

Wick 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	169 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	364 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 Wick
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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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 26 April 2024:	15 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:50 Europe/Amsterdam