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Stonganess

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.007,Lat: 60.6993
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	1:59:25am
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	0.5 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Belmont	2.4 km	SouthEast
3 Snevlabreck	2.4 km	South
4 Lund	3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Gutcher	3.3 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	339 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	579 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	655 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Stonganess lies at the North Sea (direction NorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Cliff (1 km² at a distance of 9.8 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 548.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 768 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 23%, low location: 77%, 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 345 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

13.2 km2

24.2%

Wet nature

26.6 km2

48.9%

Agriculture

14.6 km2

26.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Stonganess in country Scotland

Stonganess 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	349 km	EastSouthEast
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	457 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:	10.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 16 September 2026:	12 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	07:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:24 Europe/Amsterdam