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Shetland (until 1975 spelled Zetland), also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom .
The Shetland archipelago Up Helly Aa festival. This is a list of Shetland islands in Scotland.The Shetland archipelago is located 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of mainland Scotland and the capital Lerwick is almost equidistant from Bergen in Norway and Aberdeen in Scotland. [1]
Sumburgh Airport (IATA: LSI, ICAO: EGPB) is the main airport serving Shetland in Scotland. It is located on the southern tip of the mainland, in the parish of Dunrossness, 17 NM (31 km; 20 mi) south of Lerwick. [1] The airport is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) and served by Loganair.
Sumburgh Airport, which takes its name from the head, lies immediately to the north, and serves as the main airport for the Shetland Islands. Flights from here connect to mainland Scotland, the Orkney Islands and Norway. [4] The archaeological site of Jarlshof, at which a series of settlements existed dating back to the neolithic period. [5]
Fair Isle is administratively part of the parish of Dunrossness, Shetland, and is roughly equidistant from Sumburgh Head, some 38 km (24 mi) to the northeast on the Mainland of Shetland [29] [30] and North Ronaldsay, Orkney, some 43 km (27 mi) to the southwest. [7] Fair Isle is 4.8 km (3 mi) long and 2.4 km (1.5 mi) wide.
Sumburgh is a small settlement in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Sumburgh is located at the south end of the Mainland on Sumburgh Head. Sumburgh Airport is just outside the village to the north. Sumburgh has a population of approximately 100. Jarlshof is situated to the west of Sumburgh, adjacent to Sumburgh Hotel.
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.
Barlow Island is a small ice-free island off the north coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 380 by 160 m (420 by 170 yd), surface area 5.28 hectares (13 acres). [1]