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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: -1.3271,Lat: 60.0641
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	15:50:46pm
At island	Mainland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland Central

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Papil	0.9 km	NorthWest
2 Grunasound	2.4 km	North
3 Hamnavoe	4.5 km	North
4 Wester Quarff	5.2 km	NorthEast
5 Bremirehoull	5.8 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	364 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	506 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	671 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Houss lies at the North Sea (direction WestSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 15.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Mainland. The distance to the mainland is 167.5 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 476.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 667 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 20%, low location: 66%, hill: 14%, 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 365 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sumburgh Airport (at a distance of 21 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

18.3 km2

49.9%

Wet nature

11.6 km2

31.5%

Agriculture

6.5 km2

17.7%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Houss in country Scotland

Houss 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	160 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	371 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	470 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Houss
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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	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.84 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 24 April 2024:	15 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	06:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:45 Europe/Amsterdam