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General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -0.8664,Lat: 60.7584 marker
Elevation19 meter above sea level
Local time10:48:15am
At islandUnst
Name province/regionScotland
Name SubregionShetland Islands
Name North Isles

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Baliasta1.7 km NorthWest
2 Caldback2.9 km SouthWest
3 Haroldswick3.8 km NorthEast
4 Quoys4.2 km North
5 Clibberswick4.5 km NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands343 km NorthWest
2 GlasgowScotland588 km SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo   Norway648 km EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Baltasound lies at the North Sea (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Cliff (1 km2 at a distance of 2.4 km in NorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Unst. The distance to the mainland is 255.3 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 556 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 778 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, 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 338 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   33.7 km2 
 56.5% 
 Wet nature   5.2 km2 
 8.7% 
 Agriculture   19.4 km2 
 32.4% 
 Water - Lakes   1.5 km2 
 2.5% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Baltasound in country Scotland


Baltasound at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic OrkneyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland236 km SouthWest
2 BryggenNorway342 km EastSouthEast
3 Urnes Stave ChurchNorway448 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 Braebroken clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 8.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction: East
Air pressure: 989 mb
Humidity: 86 %
Daylength at 28 March 2024:12 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :06:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :19:37 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Brae - GB (longitude: -0.8664, latitude: 60.7584)
Distance weather station to place (direction NNO): 0.01 Kilometers

13:00
7 degrees
988 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
16:00
7 degrees
987 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
19:00
6 degrees
984 mbar
light rainweericoon
22:00
5 degrees
981 mbar
light rainweericoon
1:00
5 degrees
979 mbar
light rainweericoon
4:00
6 degrees
977 mbar
light rainweericoon
7:00
5 degrees
978 mbar
moderate rainweericoon
10:00
6 degrees
979 mbar
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