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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: -1.4501,Lat: 60.4912
Elevation	62 meter above sea level
Local time	10:50:12am
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region	Scotland
Name Subregion	Shetland Islands
Name	Shetland North

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Assater	0.8 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Heylor	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Burnside	2.4 km	West
4 Hillswick	2.9 km	WestSouthWest
5 South Gluss	4.2 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	330 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	549 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	679 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Urafirth lies at the North Sea (direction WestSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 30.2 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 23.1 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 523 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 732 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 88%, hill: 3%, 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 369 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

26.2 km2

40.1%

Wet nature

20.4 km2

31.2%

Agriculture

17.8 km2

27.3%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Urafirth in country Scotland

Urafirth 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	194 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	373 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	486 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Brae

Type of weather in Brae	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	16 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	05:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:18 Europe/Amsterdam