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Clothan

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.1688,Lat: 60.5141
Elevation	53 meter above sea level
Local time	14:44:59pm
At island	Yell
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Council Area (Council Area)	Shetland Islands
Name Electoral Ward	North Isles

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ulsta	1.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 West Yell	1.5 km	North
3 Copister	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Hamnavoe	4.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Brough	4.6 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	342 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	557 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	664 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Clothan lies at the North Sea (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 31.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Yell. The distance to the mainland is 231.6 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 526.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 738 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 19%, low location: 81%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is wet-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 353 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

5.2 km2

13%

Wet nature

28.9 km2

72.6%

Agriculture

5.8 km2

14.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Clothan in country Scotland

Clothan 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	204 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	358 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	471 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:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 15 August 2026:	15 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	06:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:02 Europe/Amsterdam