Northmavine is a peninsula of Shetland in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. It is in the north west of the island, and contains the villages of Hillswick

Hillswick

Hillswick is a small village in Northmavine, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean and lies to the north-north west of Mainland, Shetland, the most northerly group of islands in the United Kingdom. There is a community shop, a blacksmiths and a hotel and it is surrounded by land that is used mainly to...

, Ollaberry

Ollaberry

Ollaberry is a settlement on Mainland, Shetland on the west shore of Yell Sound. The land round here is fertile by Shetland standards....

, and North Roe

North Roe

North Roe is a village, and protected area at the northern tip in the large Northmavine peninsula of the Mainland of Shetland, Scotland. It is a small village, with a school with less than a dozen pupils in 2011. North Roe is internationally recognised wetland site, and it is protected under the...

. The peninsula includes the northernmost part of Mainland, and the civil parish

Civil parishes in Scotland

In Scotland, parishes, as units of local government, were abolished by the Local Government Act 1929. The geographical area is sometimes still referred to, however, for statistical purposes....

, spelt Northmaven, comprises a number of adjacent islands, and measures 16 miles (25.7 km) by 8 miles (12.9 km).

An isthmus, Mavis Grind

Mavis Grind

Mavis Grind is a narrow isthmus joining the Northmavine peninsula to the rest of the island of Shetland Mainland in the Shetland Islands, UK. It is just wide at its narrowest point...

, about a hundred yards across, forms the sole connection with the rest of Mainland.

The coast is indented by numerous bays and consists largely of high, steep rocks. It has a number of high, fissured, cavernous cliffs on the west coast and consists of many skerries, islets, and offshore rocks.

The interior has a very small amount of arable land; it consists mostly of rough, rising ground, including Ronas Hill

Ronas Hill

Ronas Hill is a Marilyn, the highest point of Mainland, Shetland, in Scotland. There is a Neolithic chambered cairn near the summit.-Location:...

, the highest point in all Shetland.

Remains of ancient watch houses and remains of barrows and forts are numerous.