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west Ulsta scotland north Setter scotland Lephinmore scotland nearest Heogan scotland Leschangie scotland south Brough scotland east Benston scotland


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Lerwick

General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -1.159,Lat: 60.1563 marker
Elevation1 meter above sea level
Local time14:36:48pm
At islandMainland-shetland
Name province/region (Country)Scotland
Name Subregion (Council Area)Shetland Islands
Name Lerwick South

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Heogan2 km NorthEast
2 Grindiscol2.9 km SouthEast
3 Gunnista4 km EastNorthEast
4 Kirkabister4.1 km SouthSouthEast
5 Wick4.2 km SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands365 km NorthWest
2 GlasgowScotland519 km SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo   Norway664 km East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Lerwick lies at the North Sea (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km2 at a distance of 9.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 17.5 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 487.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 682 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 26%, low location: 74%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 354 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   22.5 km2 
 41.9% 
 Wet nature   13.3 km2 
 24.7% 
 Agriculture   13.2 km2 
 24.6% 
 Urban area   3.9 km2 
 7.3% 
 Water - Lakes   0.4 km2 
 0.8% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Lerwick in country Scotland


Lerwick 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 Ireland174 km SouthWest
2 BryggenNorway360 km East
3 Urnes Stave ChurchNorway482 km East


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Lerwick

Type of weather in Lerwickovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 7.21 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction: North West
Air pressure: 1033 mb
Humidity: 74 %
Daylength at 11 November 2024:7 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :08:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :16:43 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Lerwick - GB (longitude: -1.159, latitude: 60.1563)
Distance weather station to place (direction WNW): 0.01 Kilometers

16:00
9 degrees
1034 mbar
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19:00
9 degrees
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22:00
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10 degrees
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10:00
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1034 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
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