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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.
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]
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 ...
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]
Ollaberry is situated within the parish of Northmaven in the Northmavine area of the Mainland of the Shetland Islands. 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.
Quendale is a settlement and coastal district in the southwest area of Dunrossness in Shetland. [1] Quendale beach is a long beach formed at the north end of the Bay of Quendale. [2] Quendale beach is the longest beach in Shetland and the beach has extensive sand dunes. [2]
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.
The point is located at which is 7.2 km (4.5 mi) southwest of Catharina Point, 8.18 km (5.08 mi) north of Spark Point, 3.67 km (2.28 mi) north-northeast of Barrientos Island, 1.82 km (1.13 mi) east of Okol Rocks and 4.74 km (2.95 mi) southeast of Table Island (British mapping in 1821, 1962 and 1968, Argentine in 1949, Soviet Union in 1961, Chilean in 1974, and Bulgarian in