Baltasound
in Shetland Islands of Scotland, United Kingdom
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Unst Airport (1 mi) - Fetlar Airport (11 mi)
- Outer Skerries Airport (24 mi)
- Whalsay Airport (26 mi)
- Scatsta Airport (27 mi)
- Lerwick / Tingwall Airport (41 mi)
- Papa Stour Airport (41 mi)
- Sumburgh Airport (63 mi)
- Coastguard Lookout (observation point, (12 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 60.758 and -0.859 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 60° 45' 30" and W -0° 51' 32"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 10:48 AM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:07 am and 8:54 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -46.483 and 169.700 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Pounawea - References
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Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-04-26 08:02:42
Explore Baltasound
Baltasound in Shetland Islands (Scotland) is a city in United Kingdom about 640 mi (or 1,029 km) north of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Baltasound is now 10:48 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 8 airports in the vicinity of Baltasound. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Unst Airport in a distance of 1 mi (or 1 km), South. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
We found 1 points of interest in the vicinity of this place.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Lerwick, Kirkwall, Aberdeen, Elgin and Forfar. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 7°C / 44 °F
| Morning Temperature | 5°C / 40 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
| Night Temperature | 5°C / 41 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 67% |
| Air Pressure | 1008 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 74% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
8°C (46 °F)
6°C (44 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
8°C (46 °F)
5°C (41 °F)
Moderate rain, strong breeze, few clouds.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
8°C (47 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Moderate rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.
Videos from this area
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Ultimate epic kite drag fail
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E49 - Shetland - August 13th 2013
Bracknell BSAC (0434) trip to Shetland aboard the Valkyrie. 13th August Site: E49 Vis: 35m+.
Shetland Motorsport Club - Unst Track Day 2012-1 DVD Trailer
A first-draft rough-cut of the DVD trailer. Unst Track-day 2012-1 is the first quarter mile track event of the newly reformed Shetland Motorsport Club.
Landing at Unst airfield Shetland, May 2009 in a PA 28
Unst (disused) airfield is on the very northern tip of the Shteland Islands and was the target of our 5-day adventure in G-BMIW a group-owned PA28 Archer based at Shoreham. The full story...
1000 miles by Electric Motorbike: Approaching Skaw Beach
Final part of the journey on day 6, approaching Skaw beach and the most northerly house in the UK on Unst, Shetland. Excerpt from the first electric motorcycle ...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Unst
Unst is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the third largest island in Shetland after the Mainland and Yell. It has an area of 46 square miles . Unst is largely grassland, with coastal cliffs. Its main village is Baltasound, formerly the second largest herring fishing port after Lerwick and now the location of a brewery, a leisure centre and the island's airport.
Huney
Huney is an uninhabited island due east of the island of Unst in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The island is located approximately 1 kilometre south west of the Balta and has an area of just 0.2 square kilometres . Huney is linked to Unst at an extremely low tide by a sandy tombolo called the Yei of Huney. It is uninhabited. There's also been rumors that this where we first learned how to use honey for a sustainable resource. This is also home to the famous Honey Badgers.
Balta Sound
Balta Sound is a sound (inlet) on the east coast of the island of Unst in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The sound is sheltered from the North Sea to the east by the uninhabited island of Balta. The settlement at the west of the sound is Baltasound. On March 12, 1917, the World War I British E class submarine HMS E49 was heading out of Balta Sound on patrol when it struck a Naval mine laid by German U-boat SM UC-76.
Valhalla Brewery
The Valhalla Brewery in Unst, Shetland, Scotland, is the northernmost brewery in the United Kingdom. It was opened by the husband and wife team Sonny and Silvia Priest in December 1997, and originally based in a large shed in Baltasound, in the centre of Unst. In 2012 the brewery moved to a building at the former RAF Saxa Vord radar station, near Haroldswick. This larger premises will allow the brewery to double production to 144,000 litres a year.
Unst Bus Shelter
The Unst Bus Shelter, also known as Bobby's Bus Shelter, is a famous bus shelter and bus stop near the village of Baltasound, on Unst, Shetland. It is maintained by the Shetland Islands Council. It is located on the main road along Unst - the A968 - which runs between Belmont and Haroldswick. The shelter is equipped with a sofa, a television, a computer etc. It is furnished and refurbished each year by local residents with a sofa, television, computer and other home comforts.
Keen of Hamar
Keen of Hamar is a nature reserve on Unst, in Shetland, Scotland, managed by Scottish Natural Heritage. The reserve is primarily of botanical interest, for example for populations of Cerastium nigrescens, a plant unique to Unst. Keen of Hamar was designated a special area of conservation on 17 March 2005. It is also a site of special scientific interest. The site is of outstanding interest for the interaction of plants with the thin, chromium metal-rich soil.
