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Sumburgh

Sumburgh

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.2884,Lat: 59.8711
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	16:42:37pm
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland South

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Grutness	0.6 km	East
2 Scatness	1 km	WestNorthWest
3 Eastshore	2 km	North
4 Exnaboe	2.1 km	North
5 Toab	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	379 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	487 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	653 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sumburgh lies at the North Sea (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 37 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 455 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 637 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 26%, low location: 74%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 366 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sumburgh Airport (at a distance of 1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.6 km2

3.6%

Agriculture

13 km2

82.6%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

7.6%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

6.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sumburgh in country Scotland

Sumburgh 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	146 km	WestSouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	373 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 Sumburgh
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Virkie

Type of weather in Virkie	few clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 15 July 2025:	18 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	05:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:11 Europe/Amsterdam