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Coordinates:	long: -1.09631 lat : 60.14859
Coordinates (gr,min,sec): WGS84	long: -1°5'4.6698 lat : 60°8'54.9312
Surface area:	27.3 km² (0.072 x Isle of Wight)
Length coastline:	36.5 km
Average height:	48 metre
Length island:	9.9 km
Maximum width island (estimate):	5.8 km
Name :	Ward of Bressay (0 metre)
Orientation island:	North - South

Habited:	Yes
Number of inhabitants:	368
Population density:	13.00 inh/km2
Important places (direction):	Glebe, Fullaburn, Gunnista, Setter (O), Brough, Heogan (NW), Grindiscol

Local native name:	Bressay
Archipelago (island group):
Neighboring islands (Island hopping):	1) Mainland Shetland 0.317 km WestNorthWest 2) Trondra 8.1 km West 3) East Burra 10.2 km WestSouthWest 4) West Burra 10.4 km WestSouthWest 5) Whalsay 16 km NorthNorthEast 6) Vaila 23.1 km West 7) Muckle Roe 23.5 km NorthWest 8) Housay - Out Skerries 29.1 km NorthNorthEast 9) Bruray - Out Skerries 31.6 km NorthEast 10) Papa Stour 32.7 km WestNorthWest 11) Yell 32.7 km North 12) Fetlar 42.9 km NorthNorthEast 13) Foula 49.6 km West 14) Unst 54.4 km North 15) Fair Isle 68.2 km SouthSouthWest 16) North Ronaldsay 107.4 km SouthWest 17) Sanday 115.7 km SouthWest 18) Papa Westray 128.2 km SouthWest 19) Westray 133.3 km SouthWest 20) Eday 133.5 km SouthWest 21) Stronsay 136 km SouthWest 22) Auskerry 145.5 km SouthWest 23) Egilsay 146.6 km SouthWest 24) Rousay 146.9 km SouthWest 25) Shapinsay 148.9 km SouthWest
Country:
Country-section:	Schotland
Location in Country:
Name :
Name :
Main place:	Maryfield
Places portal2europe (sister website):	Brough (EastNorthEast) Grindiscol (Central) Gunnista (North) Heogan (NorthNorthWest) Kirkabister (SouthWest) Setter (NorthNorthEast)
Location Main place:	West-northwest
Sea:
Distance to main land:	196 km
Nearest Country:
Type Water:	Metamorphic rock
island-Type:	island in sea
Remarks:

The weather type in Lerwick	light rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Precipitation last 3 hours:	No precipitation
Wind:	9.11 meter per second (Wind force - bft 5)
Winddirection:	Southeast
Atmospheric pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 4 December 2025:	6 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise:	09:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset:	16:02 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather-page: Bressay

Lerwick - GB (longitude: -1.0963, latitude: 60.1486)
Distance weather station to the center island (direction O): 2.62 km

1:00
9 degrees Celcius
1004 mbar
light rain weericoon

4:00
9 degrees Celcius
1004 mbar
light rain weericoon

7:00
9 degrees Celcius
1004 mbar
light rain weericoon

10:00
8 degrees Celcius
1003 mbar
light rain weericoon

13:00
9 degrees Celcius
1000 mbar
light rain weericoon

Directly accessible from Western Europe (The Netherlands) by plane:	No
International airport present :	No
Accessible by car:	No
Distance from Western Europe (The Netherlands) (rough estimate):	0 km
Ferry connection - Car - Car - with mainland:	No
Boat Connection - pedestrian - with mainland:	No
Ferry - Car - connect with another island - Island hopping:	No
Boat Connection - pedestrian - with another island:	No
Bicycle facilities:	No