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Esha Ness is on the west coast of Northmavine on the island of Mainland, Shetland.It lies to the northwest of St Magnus Bay, to the north of Papa Stour. [2] There are several small settlements in the peninsula, including Stenness and Tangwick in the south, Braewick and Braehoulland in the east, and Ure near the north coast.
Eshaness Lighthouse is situated on the Northmavine peninsula in the north-west of the Shetland Islands, Scotland.It sometimes rendered as Esha Ness Lighthouse.. The lighthouse has a tapering, square tower 12 metres (39 ft) high and was built by David e Charles Stevenson, two of the famous 'lighthouse' Stevensons, between 1925 and 1929.
Lerwick (/ ˈ l ɛ r ɪ k / or / ˈ l ɜː r w ɪ k /; Old Norse: Leirvik; Norn: Larvik) is the main town and port of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland.Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick had a population of about 7,000 residents in 2010. [3]
When the runway was extended it was saved and now resides in a private garden in North Roe in the north of Shetland. Only 8 Potez 840s were built. 6 November 1986: British International Helicopters Chinook crash. A Boeing 234LR Chinook helicopter crashed 2.5 mi (4.0 km) east of the airport. Only two people survived with 45 lives being lost.
Trondra has 2 rowing teams, male and female, which compete in the summertime rowing regattas around Shetland and the annual 'Round Trondra Race'. "Da Peerie Neep" ("The Wee Turnip ") is a recently founded annual event which takes place in the Trondra hall and involves various neep related events such as "Toss the Neep".
It has an area of 374 sq mi (970 km 2), making it the third-largest Scottish island and the fifth largest of the British Isles after Great Britain, Ireland, Lewis and Harris and Skye. Mainland is the second most populous of the Scottish islands (only surpassed by Lewis and Harris), and had 18,765 residents in 2011 [3] compared to 17,550 in 2001 ...
Ollaberry was formerly a separate parish but united with Northmaven in the 16th century. [1] By road, Ollaberry is 10.9 miles (17.5 km) north of Brae and 7.9 miles (12.7 km) east-northeast of Hillswick. It lies on Ollaberry Bay on the west shore of Yell Sound, with the island of Lamba about 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) to the east. There is a small ...
Bressay lies due south of Whalsay, west of the Isle of Noss, and north of Mousa.With an area of 11 square miles (28 km 2), it is the fifth-largest island in Shetland.The population is around 360 people, [2] concentrated in the middle of the west coast, around Glebe and Fullaburn.