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Quoys (Scotland)

Quoys

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.8713,Lat: 60.7964
Elevation	47 meter above sea level
Local time	0:26:01am
At island	Unst
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Shetland Islands
Name	North Isles
Other place with same name 1	Quoys Scotland - Shetland Islands

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Burrafirth	0.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Haroldswick	2.3 km	EastSouthEast
3 Valsgarth	2.7 km	East
4 Clibberswick	3.3 km	EastSouthEast
5 Norwick	3.5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	341 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	592 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	648 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Quoys lies at the North Sea (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Cliff (1 km² at a distance of 0.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Unst. The distance to the mainland is 255.3 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 560.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 784 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 90%, hill: 0%, 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

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 339 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

29.9 km2

50.5%

Wet nature

11.1 km2

18.8%

Agriculture

17.2 km2

28.9%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Quoys in country Scotland

Quoys 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	240 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	343 km	EastSouthEast
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	448 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Quoys
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Brae

Type of weather in Brae	clear sky
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1034 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 23 April 2026:	15 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	06:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:42 Europe/Amsterdam