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Physical characteristics - Location

Coordinates:	long: -0.88360 lat : 60.75615
Coordinates (gr,min,sec): WGS84	long: -0°53'0.9456 lat : 60°45'22.1328
Surface area:	118.2 km² (0.311 x Isle of Wight)
Length coastline:	113 km
Average height:	59 metre
Length island:	19.2 km
Maximum width island (estimate):	9 km
Name :	Saxa Vord (0 metre)
Orientation island:	South-southwest - North-northeast

Demographic data island

Habited:	Yes
Number of inhabitants:	632
Population density:	5.20 inh/km2
Important places (direction):	Uyeasound, Muness Castle, Haroldswick

Naming - Location

Local native name:	Unst
Archipelago (island group):
Neighboring islands (Island hopping):	1) Yell 0.797 km West 2) Fetlar 4.7 km South 3) Mainland Shetland 18.6 km WestSouthWest 4) Housay - Out Skerries 27.5 km South 5) Bruray - Out Skerries 27.7 km SouthSouthEast 6) Whalsay 32.2 km South 7) Muckle Roe 40.5 km SouthWest 8) Papa Stour 53.5 km SouthWest 9) Bressay 54.4 km South 10) Vaila 62.1 km SouthSouthWest 11) Trondra 62.9 km SouthSouthWest 12) West Burra 65 km SouthSouthWest 13) East Burra 67.1 km SouthSouthWest 14) Foula 83.1 km SouthWest 15) Fair Isle 130.1 km SouthSouthWest 16) North Ronaldsay 163.2 km SouthSouthWest 17) Sanday 172.2 km SouthSouthWest 18) Papa Westray 178.9 km SouthWest 19) Westray 183.7 km SouthWest 20) Eday 187.6 km SouthSouthWest 21) Stronsay 192.6 km SouthSouthWest 22) Rousay 199.9 km SouthWest 23) Egilsay 200.3 km SouthWest 24) Auskerry 203.4 km SouthSouthWest 25) Shapinsay 204.6 km SouthSouthWest
Country:
Country-section:	Schotland
Location in Country:
Name :
Name :
Main place:	Baltasound
Places portal2europe (sister website):	Baliasta (Central) Baltasound (Central) Belmont (SouthWest) Burrafirth (NorthNorthEast) Caldback (Central) Clibberswick (EastNorthEast) Clivocast (SouthSouthWest) Haroldswick (Central) Lund (SouthWest) Norwick (NorthEast) Quoys (Central) Underhoull (SouthWest) Uyeasound (SouthSouthWest) Valsgarth (NorthEast) Westing (WestSouthWest)
Location Main place:	East
Sea:
Distance to main land:	254 km
Nearest Country:
Type Rock outcrop:	Metamorphic rock
island-Type:	island in sea
Remarks:

Topographic islandmap Unst

Height map of Unst

Relief: Height Classes in percentages

Relief: Slope Classes in percentages

Weather at Unst

The weather type in Brae	light rain
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Precipitation last 3 hours:	No precipitation
Wind:	9.89 meter per second (Wind force - bft 5)
Winddirection:	East
Atmospheric pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	6 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise:	09:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset:	16:16 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather-page: Unst

The weather for the next few hours

Brae - GB (longitude: -0.8836, latitude: 60.7562)
Distance weather station to the center island (direction NNO): 47.54 km

10:00
5 degrees Celcius
992 mbar
light rain weericoon

13:00
5 degrees Celcius
992 mbar
light rain weericoon

16:00
5 degrees Celcius
993 mbar
light rain weericoon

19:00
5 degrees Celcius
995 mbar
light snow weericoon

22:00
6 degrees Celcius
997 mbar
light rain weericoon

Climate: Temperature and Precipitation

Transport on your island-holiday

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