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Otterswick

General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -1.0537,Lat: 60.5486 marker
Elevation15 meter above sea level
Local time8:20:18am
At islandYell
Name province/region (Country)Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)Shetland Islands
Name North Isles

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Swarister1.2 km South
2 Aywick2 km NorthEast
3 Gossabrough2.5 km SouthSouthEast
4 Burravoe5.3 km South
5 Hamnavoe5.4 km SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands345 km NorthWest
2 GlasgowScotland562 km SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo   Norway657 km East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Otterswick lies at the North Sea (direction East). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Cliff (1 km2 at a distance of 26.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Yell. The distance to the mainland is 231.6 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 531.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 744 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 21%, low location: 79%, 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 347 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   7.2 km2 
 13% 
 Wet nature   45.6 km2 
 81.9% 
 Agriculture   2.6 km2 
 4.6% 
 Water - Lakes   0.3 km2 
 0.5% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Otterswick in country Scotland


Otterswick 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 Ireland211 km SouthWest
2 BryggenNorway352 km East
3 Urnes Stave ChurchNorway464 km East


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at Brae

Type of weather in Braeclear sky weericoon
Current temperature: 12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 0.3 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction: East South East
Air pressure: 1006 mb
Humidity: 86 %
Daylength at 25 June 2025:19 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :04:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :23:38 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Brae - GB (longitude: -1.0537, latitude: 60.5486)
Distance weather station to place (direction NO): 0 Kilometers

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