- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- LSI Sumburgh Airport88 km
- EOI Eday Airport192 km
About Sound Gruney
Sound Gruney is an island. Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland.
For other islands with similar names, see Gruney (disambiguation) Sound Gruney is one of the Shetland islands. It lies about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) north of Hamars Ness on Fetlar, south of Unst, and to the east of Yell.
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Photos of Sound Gruney
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Fetlar Island Mike Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Uyea Mike Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Sound Gruney
This month · November
A wet month
Day 9° · Night 5° · Rain 151 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 15°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 2°)
- Wettest month
- November (151 mm)
- Driest month
- May (50 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 7° | 6° | 7° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 14° | 15° | 13° | 11° | 9° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 3° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 9° | 7° | 5° | 3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 138 | 96 | 122 | 72 | 50 | 56 | 58 | 79 | 116 | 132 | 151 | 143 |
How to get to Sound Gruney
The nearest airport is Sumburgh Airport (LSI), 88 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Bergen, 345 km to the east.
Airports
- Sumburgh Airport (LSI) Lerwick, Shetland 88 kmsouth
- Eday Airport (EOI) Eday 192 kmsouthwest
- Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 219 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Bergen Population: 294K 345 kmeast
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 396 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Sound Gruney
Within 100 km: 11 historic and cultural sites, 584 natural sites, 259 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km217 places
- Unst Island 11 kmN
- Fetlar Island Island 5 kmSE
- Brother Isle Island 22 kmSW
- Little Holm Island 21 kmSW
25–60 km460 places
- Shetland Islands Island 40 kmSW
- Whalsay Island 35 kmS
- Hoove Holm Island 55 kmS
- Mainland Island 46 kmSW
60–100 km177 places
- Trondra Island 62 kmS
- Green Holm Island 61 kmS
- Easter Heog Island 66 kmS
- Ward of Scousburgh Mountain 80 kmS
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Uyeasound Village, Shetland Islands4.4 km N
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North Sandwick Village, Shetland Islands3.7 km W
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Brough Lodge Village, Shetland Islands4.2 km S
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Clivocast Village, Shetland Islands4.5 km NE
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Belmont Village, Shetland Islands4.5 km NW
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Gutcher Village, Shetland Islands4.5 km NW
Nearby attractions & nature
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Urie Lingey Island, Shetland Islands2.1 km SE -
Uyea Island, Shetland Islands2.6 km NE
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Daaey Island, Shetland Islands2.6 km SE -
Holm of Heogland Island, Shetland Islands2.1 km NW
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Tur Ness Natural site, Shetland Islands3.3 km NE
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Wedder Holm Island, Shetland Islands2.7 km E
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Tressa Ness Natural site, Shetland Islands4.1 km SE
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The Ward Island, Shetland Islands3.1 km NE
More lakes, rivers and coasts in United Kingdom
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Fetlar Island Island, Shetland Islands5.2 km SE
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Unst Island, Shetland Islands11 km N -
Hascosay Island, Shetland Islands5.3 km SW -
Holm of Tressaness Island, Shetland Islands4.1 km SE
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Il Holm Island, Shetland Islands4.9 km E
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Linga Island Island, Shetland Islands3 km NW
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources