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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: -1.1599,Lat: 60.2731
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	2:29:00am
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland North

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Benston	0.7 km	South
2 Brough	1 km	EastSouthEast
3 Freester	1.8 km	SouthWest
4 Eswick	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Catfirth	2.8 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	357 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	532 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	663 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Skellister lies at the North Sea (direction SouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 7.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 8.1 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 500.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 700 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 29%, low location: 71%, 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 353 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

12.9 km2

27.4%

Wet nature

24 km2

50.8%

Agriculture

8.9 km2

18.8%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Skellister in country Scotland

Skellister 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	183 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	359 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	478 km	East

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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:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.41 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:58 Europe/Amsterdam