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Gloup

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.0741,Lat: 60.7218
Elevation	51 meter above sea level
Local time	12:21:01pm
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 Cullivoe	4 km	SouthEast
2 Stonganess	4.4 km	SouthEast
3 Snevlabreck	6.2 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Lund	6.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Belmont	6.8 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	335 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	580 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	659 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Gloup lies at the North Sea (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Cliff (1 km² at a distance of 10.8 km in EastNorthEastern 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 550.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 771 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 87%, 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 349 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

9.5 km2

26.8%

Wet nature

23.5 km2

66.2%

Agriculture

2.3 km2

6.5%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gloup in country Scotland

Gloup 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	227 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	353 km	EastSouthEast
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:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.56 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	996 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 10 October 2026:	10 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	08:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:10 Europe/Amsterdam