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Ulsta

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.1596,Lat: 60.5058
Elevation	28 meter above sea level
Local time	1:07:37am
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 Clothan	1.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Copister	2.5 km	SouthEast
3 West Yell	2.5 km	North
4 Hamnavoe	3.5 km	East
5 Brough	4.1 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	343 km	NorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	556 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Oslo	Norway	663 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ulsta lies at the North Sea (direction WestSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Strom (0.9 km² at a distance of 30.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Yell. The distance to the mainland is 231.6 km.

The nearest mountain is Scalla Field with a height of 281 meter (at a distance of 24.5 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 526.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 736 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 353 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

5 km2

12.6%

Wet nature

28 km2

70.6%

Agriculture

6.7 km2

16.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ulsta in country Scotland

Ulsta 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	204 km	SouthWest
2 Bryggen	Norway	357 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	471 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:	10.52 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 16 September 2026:	12 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	07:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:25 Europe/Amsterdam