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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: -1.3059,Lat: 59.8734
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	19:24:39pm
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland South

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sumburgh	1 km	EastSouthEast
2 Grutness	1.5 km	EastSouthEast
3 Toab	1.6 km	North
4 Eastshore	2 km	NorthEast
5 Exnaboe	2.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	378 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	487 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	652 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Scatness lies at the North Sea (direction East). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 36.7 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 455.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 637 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 20%, low location: 78%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 367 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sumburgh Airport (at a distance of 0.8 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

2 km2

10%

Agriculture

15.7 km2

79%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

Rock-Sand

1 km2

4.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Scatness in country Scotland

Scatness 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	145 km	WestSouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	374 km	East
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	450 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Scatness
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Virkie

Type of weather in Virkie	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	15 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:51 Europe/Amsterdam