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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: -1.4908,Lat: 60.4753
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	7:00:48am
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland North

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Burnside	1.4 km	North
2 Urafirth	2.9 km	EastNorthEast
3 Assater	3 km	NorthEast
4 Heylor	3.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Braehoulland	4.6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	329 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	547 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	681 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hillswick lies at the North Sea (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 29.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 22.4 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 521 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 729 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 16%, low location: 84%, 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 371 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

17.4 km2

37.9%

Wet nature

11.9 km2

25.8%

Agriculture

16.4 km2

35.6%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hillswick in country Scotland

Hillswick 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	191 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	376 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	489 km	East

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Filming Location	IMDB Hillswick
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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.29 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	16 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	05:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:08 Europe/Amsterdam