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Otterswick

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.0537,Lat: 60.5486
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	11:36:16am
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 Swarister	1.2 km	South
2 Aywick	2 km	NorthEast
3 Gossabrough	2.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Burravoe	5.3 km	South
5 Hamnavoe	5.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	345 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	562 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	657 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Otterswick lies at the North Sea (direction East). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Cliff (1 km² at a distance of 26.1 km in NorthNorthEastern 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 531.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 744 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 21%, low location: 79%, 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 East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

7.2 km2

13%

Wet nature

45.6 km2

81.9%

Agriculture

2.6 km2

4.6%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Otterswick in country Scotland

Otterswick 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	211 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	352 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	464 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	few clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 10 October 2026:	10 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	08:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:10 Europe/Amsterdam