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Coordinates:	long: -1.32042 lat : 60.07529
Coordinates (gr,min,sec): WGS84	long: -1° 19' 13.5114 lat : 60° 4' 31.044
Surface area:	4.9 km² (0.013 x Isle of Wight)
Length coastline:	16.8 km
Average height:	22 metre
Length island:	6.7 km
Maximum width island (estimate):	1.4 km
Name :	Easter Heog (0 metre)
Orientation island:	North - South-southwest

Local native name:	East Burra
Archipelago (island group):
Neighboring islands (Island hopping):	1) West Burra 0 km North 2) Trondra 0.295 km North 3) Mainland Shetland 0.615 km EastSouthEast 4) Bressay 10.2 km EastNorthEast 5) Vaila 17.8 km NorthWest 6) Muckle Roe 28.5 km NorthNorthWest 7) Whalsay 30.3 km NorthNorthEast 8) Papa Stour 32 km NorthWest 9) Foula 39.9 km West 10) Yell 43.9 km North 11) Housay - Out Skerries 44.6 km NorthEast 12) Bruray - Out Skerries 47.1 km NorthEast 13) Fair Isle 56.5 km SouthSouthWest 14) Fetlar 56.6 km NorthNorthEast 15) Unst 67.1 km NorthNorthEast 16) North Ronaldsay 93.1 km SouthWest 17) Sanday 101.5 km SouthWest 18) Papa Westray 113.4 km SouthWest 19) Westray 118.4 km SouthWest 20) Eday 118.9 km SouthWest 21) Stronsay 122 km SouthWest 22) Auskerry 131.8 km SouthSouthWest 23) Egilsay 132 km SouthWest 24) Rousay 132.2 km SouthWest 25) Shapinsay 134.6 km SouthWest
Country:
Country-section:	Schotland
Location in Country:
Name :
Name :
Main place:	An Cala
Places portal2europe (sister website):	Houss (SouthSouthWest)
Location Main place:	West
Sea:
Distance to main land:	182 km
Nearest Country:
Type Rock outcrop:	Metamorphic rock
island-Type:	island in sea
Remarks:

The weather type in Sandwick	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Precipitation last 3 hours:	No precipitation
Wind:	9.58 meter per second (Wind force - bft 5)
Winddirection:	Southwest
Atmospheric pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 27 March 2025:	12 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise:	06:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset:	19:35 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather-page: East Burra

Sandwick - GB (longitude: -1.3204, latitude: 60.0753)
Distance weather station to the center island (direction NO): 354.27 km

19:00
8 degrees Celcius
993 mbar
light rain weericoon

22:00
9 degrees Celcius
991 mbar
light rain weericoon

1:00
7 degrees Celcius
991 mbar
light rain weericoon

4:00
7 degrees Celcius
991 mbar
light rain weericoon

7:00
7 degrees Celcius
991 mbar
broken clouds 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