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Hogaland

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.3593,Lat: 60.4957
Elevation	27 meter above sea level
Local time	12:51:51pm
At island	Mainland-shetland
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Council Area (Council Area)	Shetland Islands
Name Electoral Ward	Shetland North

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Eastwick	1.1 km	East
2 Ollaberry	1.6 km	NorthEast
3 North Gluss	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Bardister	2.2 km	South
5 South Gluss	2.5 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	334 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	551 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	674 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hogaland lies at the North Sea (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 29.4 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 22.3 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 523.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 733 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 18%, low location: 82%, 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 364 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

17.8 km2

32.3%

Wet nature

20.4 km2

36.9%

Agriculture

15.7 km2

28.4%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hogaland in country Scotland

Hogaland 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	197 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	368 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	481 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Hogaland
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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:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 7 August 2026:	16 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	05:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:25 Europe/Amsterdam