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General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -1.1175,Lat: 60.1257 marker
Elevation73 meter above sea level
Local time16:04:39pm
At islandBressay
Name province/regionScotland
Name SubregionShetland Islands
Name Lerwick North

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Grindiscol1.9 km NorthNorthEast
2 Brough4 km NorthEast
3 Lerwick4.1 km NorthNorthWest
4 Setter4.3 km NorthEast
5 Wick5.2 km WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands369 km NorthWest
2 GlasgowScotland517 km SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo   Norway662 km East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Kirkabister lies at the North Sea (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km2 at a distance of 13.1 km in NorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Bressay. The distance to the mainland is 197.5 km.

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 21.5 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 484.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 678 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 35%, low location: 65%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 352 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sumburgh Airport (at a distance of 29 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   12.5 km2 
 39.3% 
 Wet nature   9.1 km2 
 28.5% 
 Agriculture   7 km2 
 21.9% 
 Urban area   2.9 km2 
 9% 
 Water - Lakes   0.4 km2 
 1.3% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Kirkabister in country Scotland


Kirkabister at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic OrkneyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland173 km SouthWest
2 BryggenNorway358 km East
3 The Forth BridgeUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland480 km SouthSouthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at Lerwick

Type of weather in Lerwicklight rain weericoon
Current temperature: 9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 9.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction: South South West
Air pressure: 1012 mb
Humidity: 89 %
Daylength at 14 October 2024:10 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :08:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :18:58 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Lerwick - GB (longitude: -1.1175, latitude: 60.1257)
Distance weather station to place (direction ZZO): 0.01 Kilometers

20:00
10 degrees
1013 mbar
light rainweericoon
23:00
11 degrees
1014 mbar
light rainweericoon
2:00
11 degrees
1013 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
5:00
10 degrees
1013 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
8:00
11 degrees
1013 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
11:00
11 degrees
1012 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
14:00
11 degrees
1011 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
17:00
11 degrees
1011 mbar
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5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

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