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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: -1.3785,Lat: 60.2122
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	1:21:24am
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland West

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Leeans	0.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Sandsound	1.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Garderhouse	1.5 km	WestNorthWest
4 Semblister	3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Tresta	3.7 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	351 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	521 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	676 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sand lies at the North Sea (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 4.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 10.5 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 492.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 689 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 31%, low location: 69%, 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 366 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

18.9 km2

37.1%

Wet nature

18.9 km2

37.1%

Agriculture

12.2 km2

23.8%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sand in country Scotland

Sand 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	170 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	372 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	485 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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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:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.93 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	15 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:01 Europe/Amsterdam