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General information - Location

CountryScotland
Part ofUnited Kingdom
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -1.3404,Lat: 60.0685 marker
Elevation1 meter above sea level
Local time9:05:15am
At islandMainland
Name province/regionScotland
Name SubregionShetland Islands
Name Shetland Central

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Houss0.9 km SouthEast
2 Grunasound1.9 km NorthNorthEast
3 Hamnavoe4 km NorthNorthEast
4 Wester Quarff5.4 km EastNorthEast
5 Fladdabister6.6 km East

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands363 km NorthWest
2 GlasgowScotland507 km SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast   Northern-ireland671 km SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Papil lies at the North Sea (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km2 at a distance of 15.2 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 476.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 667 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 28%, low location: 54%, hill: 18%, 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   15.5 km2 
 53% 
 Wet nature   7.3 km2 
 25.2% 
 Agriculture   6 km2 
 20.6% 
 Urban area   0.4 km2 
 1.2% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Papil in country Scotland


Papil 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 Ireland159 km SouthWest
2 BryggenNorway372 km East
3 The Forth BridgeUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland470 km SouthSouthWest


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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 Sandwickovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 7.37 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction: South East
Air pressure: 979 mb
Humidity: 90 %
Daylength at 29 March 2024:13 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :06:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :19:41 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Sandwick - GB (longitude: -1.3404, latitude: 60.0685)
Distance weather station to place (direction NO): 0 Kilometers

13:00
7 degrees
980 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
16:00
7 degrees
982 mbar
light rainweericoon
19:00
7 degrees
985 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
22:00
7 degrees
987 mbar
light rainweericoon
1:00
6 degrees
988 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
4:00
6 degrees
989 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
7:00
7 degrees
991 mbar
light rainweericoon
10:00
7 degrees
992 mbar
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