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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: -1.3325,Lat: 60.0855
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	10:46:21am
At island	Mainland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland Central

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Papil	1.9 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Hamnavoe	2.1 km	North
3 Houss	2.4 km	South
4 Wester Quarff	4 km	EastNorthEast
5 Cutts	5.6 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	362 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	509 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	673 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Grunasound lies at the North Sea (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 13.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Mainland. The distance to the mainland is 167.5 km.

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 23.7 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 478.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 670 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 29%, low location: 63%, hill: 8%, 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
Shetland

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 23 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

16.3 km2

50.7%

Wet nature

7.3 km2

22.9%

Agriculture

8.1 km2

25.4%

Urban area

0.4 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grunasound in country Scotland

Grunasound 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	161 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	371 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	472 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sandwick

Type of weather in Sandwick	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.65 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 16 April 2024:	14 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	06:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:25 Europe/Amsterdam