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General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -1.1151,Lat: 60.1424 marker
Elevation64 meter above sea level
Local time16:46:54pm
At islandBressay
Name province/regionScotland
Name SubregionShetland Islands
Name Lerwick North

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Kirkabister1.9 km SouthSouthWest
2 Setter2.7 km NorthEast
3 Lerwick2.9 km NorthWest
4 Brough2.9 km East
5 Heogan3.7 km NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands368 km NorthWest
2 GlasgowScotland519 km SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo   Norway662 km East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Grindiscol lies at the North Sea (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km2 at a distance of 12 km in NorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Bressay. The distance to the mainland is 197.5 km.

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 20 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 486.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 681 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 43%, low location: 57%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 352 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sumburgh Airport (at a distance of 31 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   18.5 km2 
 43.8% 
 Wet nature   10.6 km2 
 25.1% 
 Agriculture   8.9 km2 
 21.2% 
 Urban area   3.8 km2 
 8.9% 
 Water - Lakes   0.4 km2 
 1% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Grindiscol in country Scotland


Grindiscol 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 Ireland174 km SouthWest
2 BryggenNorway358 km East
3 Urnes Stave ChurchNorway480 km East


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at Lerwick

Type of weather in Lerwickovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 9.95 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction: North East
Air pressure: 985 mb
Humidity: 88 %
Daylength at 28 March 2024:12 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :06:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :19:38 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Lerwick - GB (longitude: -1.1151, latitude: 60.1424)
Distance weather station to place (direction ZO): 0 Kilometers

19:00
7 degrees
984 mbar
light rainweericoon
22:00
6 degrees
982 mbar
light rainweericoon
1:00
6 degrees
978 mbar
light rainweericoon
4:00
5 degrees
976 mbar
moderate rainweericoon
7:00
6 degrees
977 mbar
moderate rainweericoon
10:00
7 degrees
979 mbar
light rainweericoon
13:00
7 degrees
980 mbar
light rainweericoon
16:00
7 degrees
982 mbar
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