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Eastshore

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.2883,Lat: 59.8887
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	14:12:56pm
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland South

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Exnaboe	0.2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Toab	1.1 km	West
3 Grutness	1.9 km	South
4 Sumburgh	2 km	South
5 Scatness	2 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	378 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	489 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	654 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Eastshore lies at the North Sea (direction SouthSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 35 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 456.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 640 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 21%, low location: 79%, hill: 1%, 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 366 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sumburgh Airport (at a distance of 1.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

2.4 km2

8.9%

Agriculture

22 km2

82.6%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

4.5%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

3.7%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Eastshore in country Scotland

Eastshore 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	147 km	WestSouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	372 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	452 km	SouthSouthWest

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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	clear sky
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 12 July 2025:	18 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	05:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:16 Europe/Amsterdam