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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: -1.2251,Lat: 59.9969
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	13:14:27pm
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland South

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Leebotten	0.9 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Stove	1.1 km	WestNorthWest
3 Cumlewick	1.1 km	WestSouthWest
4 Hoswick	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
5 Channerwick	3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	373 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	502 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	667 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sandwick lies at the North Sea (direction SouthSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 23.3 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 469.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 657 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 86%, hill: 1%, 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 360 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sumburgh Airport (at a distance of 14 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

9.9 km2

27.8%

Wet nature

13.4 km2

37.7%

Agriculture

12.2 km2

34.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sandwick in country Scotland

Sandwick 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	158 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	367 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	464 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Sandwick
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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 Sandwick	few clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	15 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	06:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:54 Europe/Amsterdam