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Houbie

Houbie

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.8612,Lat: 60.594
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	0:36:29am
At island	Fetlar
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Shetland Islands
Name	North Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Aith	1.2 km	EastSouthEast
2 Tresta	1.4 km	West
3 Funzie	3.7 km	EastSouthEast
4 The Hall	8.6 km	North
5 Aywick	10 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	352 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	571 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	647 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Houbie lies at the North Sea (direction SouthSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Cliff (1 km² at a distance of 19.7 km in Northern direction).The place is located at an island named Fetlar. The distance to the mainland is 246.3 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 537.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 753 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 67%, low location: 33%, 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

28.6 km2

72.8%

Wet nature

2.5 km2

6.3%

Agriculture

7.9 km2

20.1%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Houbie in country Scotland

Houbie 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	222 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	341 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	452 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Houbie
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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	clear sky
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1034 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 23 April 2026:	15 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	06:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:41 Europe/Amsterdam