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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: -1.2575,Lat: 59.9981
Elevation	30 meter above sea level
Local time	7:17:57am
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland South

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Stove	0.8 km	East
2 Cumlewick	1.2 km	SouthEast
3 Channerwick	1.3 km	WestSouthWest
4 Leebotten	1.6 km	EastNorthEast
5 Sandwick	1.8 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	371 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	501 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	666 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hoswick lies at the North Sea (direction South). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 22.9 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 469.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 657 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 87%, hill: 4%, 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 362 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sumburgh Airport (at a distance of 13 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

16.9 km2

34.5%

Wet nature

16.1 km2

32.9%

Agriculture

15.9 km2

32.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hoswick in country Scotland

Hoswick 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	157 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	368 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	464 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Hoswick
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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	clear sky
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	16 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	05:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:04 Europe/Amsterdam