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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: -1.1954,Lat: 60.3545
Elevation	37 meter above sea level
Local time	6:30:32am
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland North

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Flugarth	1.4 km	East
2 Swining	3.4 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Dury	3.6 km	South
4 Vidlin	3.6 km	EastNorthEast
5 Hillside	3.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	350 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	539 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	665 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Laxo lies at the North Sea (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 14 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 8.6 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 509.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 713 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is 0.

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 355 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

17.8 km2

25.8%

Wet nature

43 km2

62.3%

Agriculture

8.2 km2

11.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Laxo in country Scotland

Laxo 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	189 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	360 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	477 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Laxo
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Shetland Islands

Type of weather in Shetland Islands	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.74 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	16 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	05:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:19 Europe/Amsterdam