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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: -1.4067,Lat: 60.2538
Elevation	14 meter above sea level
Local time	19:12:11pm
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland West

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Twatt	1.2 km	North
2 Effirth	1.8 km	West
3 Semblister	1.9 km	South
4 Houlland	2 km	EastNorthEast
5 Westerfield	2.9 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	347 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	525 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	677 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Bixter lies at the North Sea (direction SouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 7.6 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 7.7 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 496.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 695 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 25%, low location: 75%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is 0.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 367 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

15.8 km2

21.8%

Wet nature

39.7 km2

54.6%

Agriculture

15.7 km2

21.6%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bixter in country Scotland

Bixter 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	173 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	373 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	489 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Bixter
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	Bings maps
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	OpenStreetMap

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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	16 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	05:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:14 Europe/Amsterdam