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Shetland Islands
Shetland is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies north and east of mainland Great Britain. The islands lie some to the northeast of Orkney and southeast of the Faroe Islands and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. The total...
is the part of the Mainland lying south of Hellister (60° 14′N).
- LerwickLerwickLerwick is the capital and main port of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, located more than 100 miles off the north coast of mainland Scotland on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland...
- ScallowayScallowayScalloway is the largest settlement on the North Atlantic coast of Mainland, Shetland with a population of approximately 812, at the 2001 census...
- VeensgarthVeensgarthVeensgarth , is a village in the Tingwall valley west of Lerwick in Shetland. It includes the Vallafield housing estate....
- GulberwickGulberwickGulberwick is a village southwest of Lerwick, Shetland. In recent years the number of houses in the area has increased due to its nearness to Shetland's only town, Lerwick....
- QuarffQuarffQuarff is a small village in the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is located on the main A970 road, 5 miles south of Shetland's only town, Lerwick...
- CunningsburghCunningsburghCunningsburgh, formerly also known as Coningsburgh , is a hamlet and ancient parish in the south of Mainland, Shetland. The hamlet is on the coast, nine miles south south west of Lerwick, about half way between there and Sumburgh Head. The parish was merged with Dunrossness and Sandwick...
- Sandwick, ShetlandSandwickSandwick may refer to:* Sandwick, Orkney, parish on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland* Sandwick, Shetland, settlement on the east coast of Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, south of Lerwick-See also:...
- HoswickHoswickHoswick is a village in the south mainland of Shetland, to the West of Sandwick.-The "Hoswick Whale Case":The residents of Hoswick are known for a legal case following the annual whale drive when, in 1888, they drove around 340 whales ashore...
- BigtonBigtonBigton is a small settlement on South Mainland, Shetland, UK.It lies on the Atlantic coast of the island overlooking St Ninian's Isle and within view is the island of Burra, further to the north. It is 18 miles by road from Lerwick, just off the B9122 and lies just north of the settlement of...
, St Ninian's IsleSt Ninian's IsleSt Ninian's Isle is a small island connected by the largest active tombolo in the UK to the south-western coast of the Mainland, Shetland, in Scotland. The tombolo, known locally as an ayre, from the Old Norse for 'gravel bank', is 500 metres long. Except at extremely high tides, the sand is above... - ScousburghScousburghScousburgh is a small community in the South Mainland of Shetland, overlooking the picturesque Scousburgh Sand, and Spiggie Loch. From Scousburgh a road leads up the hill to the site of the former Mossy Hill army base. This road has a connection to Scousburgh Hill the site of the now redundant...
- Fitful Head
- Sumburgh HeadSumburgh HeadSumburgh Head is located at the southern tip of the Shetland Mainland in northernScotland. The head is a 100 m high rocky spur capped by the Sumburgh Head Lighthouse. The Old Norse name was Dunrøstar høfdi, it means "The Head onto the Thunderous Noise", referring to the noise of Sumburgh Roost...