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Cunnister

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.0384,Lat: 60.6498
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	1:25:36am
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 Colvister	1.4 km	WestNorthWest
2 Sellafirth	1.5 km	NorthNorthWest
3 North Sandwick	2 km	East
4 Basta	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Gutcher	2.9 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	340 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	573 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	657 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Cunnister lies at the North Sea (direction WestSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Cliff (1 km² at a distance of 15.4 km in NorthEastern 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 542.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 760 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 33%, low location: 67%, 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 347 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

4.9 km2

8.9%

Wet nature

46.6 km2

84.1%

Agriculture

3.2 km2

5.8%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cunnister in country Scotland

Cunnister 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	221 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	351 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	460 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	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.88 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 16 September 2026:	12 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	07:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:25 Europe/Amsterdam