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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: -1.279,Lat: 60.1396
Elevation	50 meter above sea level
Local time	23:37:57pm
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland Central

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cutts	1.3 km	South
2 Uradale	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 South View	3.6 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Wick	4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Wester Quarff	4.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	360 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	515 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	671 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Scalloway lies at the North Sea (direction South). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 7.1 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 17.6 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 484.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 679 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 90%, 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 361 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sumburgh Airport (at a distance of 29 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

26.6 km2

52.6%

Wet nature

8.7 km2

17.1%

Agriculture

13.1 km2

25.9%

Urban area

0.7 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Scalloway in country Scotland

Scalloway 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	168 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	367 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	479 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lerwick

Type of weather in Lerwick	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	15 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:53 Europe/Amsterdam