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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: -1.2939,Lat: 59.9245
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	16:03:03pm
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland South

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Skelberry	0.9 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Longfield	1.4 km	NorthWest
3 Ringasta	2.3 km	WestSouthWest
4 South Scousburgh	2.4 km	NorthWest
5 Hillwell	2.9 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	375 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	493 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	658 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Boddam lies at the North Sea (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 31 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 460.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 645 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 85%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 365 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sumburgh Airport (at a distance of 5.1 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

9.4 km2

21.4%

Wet nature

2.1 km2

4.8%

Agriculture

29.9 km2

68.2%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

1.1%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

2.2%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Boddam in country Scotland

Boddam 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	150 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	372 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	455 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Virkie

Type of weather in Virkie	few clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	06:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:57 Europe/Amsterdam