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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: -1.682,Lat: 60.3281
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	6:50:56am
At island	Papa Stour
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland West

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sandness	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Norby	4.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Dale of Walls	7.8 km	South
4 West Burrafirth	8.6 km	SouthEast
5 Mid Walls	10.5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	330 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	528 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	689 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Biggings lies at the North Sea (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 24.9 km in SouthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Papa Stour. The distance to the mainland is 201.3 km.

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 21.4 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 504 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 706 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 38%, low location: 62%, 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 382 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

10 km2

57.5%

Agriculture

7.4 km2

42.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Biggings in country Scotland

Biggings 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	172 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	387 km	East
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	486 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Biggings
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Shetland Islands

Type of weather in Shetland Islands	light rain
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.39 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 26 April 2024:	15 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	06:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:52 Europe/Amsterdam