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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: -1.338,Lat: 59.9118
Elevation	24 meter above sea level
Local time	0:52:34am
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland South

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ringasta	0.6 km	East
2 Quendale	1 km	South
3 Longfield	2.6 km	NorthEast
4 Noss	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Boddam	2.9 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	374 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	490 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	655 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hillwell lies at the North Sea (direction South). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 32.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 459.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 643 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 16%, low location: 81%, hill: 3%, 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 368 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sumburgh Airport (at a distance of 4.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

8 km2

20.3%

Agriculture

28.3 km2

72%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

2.7%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

2.5%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hillwell in country Scotland

Hillwell 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	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	375 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	453 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Hillwell
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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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	16 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	05:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:04 Europe/Amsterdam