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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: -0.8332,Lat: 60.7883
Elevation	31 meter above sea level
Local time	23:54:08pm
At island	Unst
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Shetland Islands
Name	North Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Clibberswick	1.1 km	East
2 Valsgarth	1.2 km	NorthEast
3 Quoys	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Norwick	2.3 km	NorthEast
5 Burrafirth	2.6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	343 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	592 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	646 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Haroldswick lies at the North Sea (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Cliff (1 km² at a distance of 2.3 km in WestNorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Unst. The distance to the mainland is 255.3 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 559.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 783 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 15%, low location: 85%, hill: 0%, 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

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 337 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

25.4 km2

47.1%

Wet nature

8.1 km2

15%

Agriculture

19.4 km2

35.9%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Haroldswick in country Scotland

Haroldswick 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	240 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	340 km	EastSouthEast
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	446 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Brae

Type of weather in Brae	broken clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 23 January 2025:	7 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	09:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:45 Europe/Amsterdam