Scalloway Islands
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Scalloway
Scalloway is the largest settlement on the North Atlantic coast of Mainland, Shetland with a population of approximately 812, at the 2001 census...
on south west of the Mainland . They form a mini-archipelago
Archipelago
An archipelago , sometimes called an island group, is a chain or cluster of islands. The word archipelago is derived from the Greek ἄρχι- – arkhi- and πέλαγος – pélagos through the Italian arcipelago...
and include:
- BurraBurraWest Burra is one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is connected by bridge to East Burra. With an area of , it is the eleventh largest of the Shetland Islands.-Geography:...
(two islands linked by bridge to each other and Trondra)- West Burra
- Kettla Ness, which is connected to West Burra by a tomboloTomboloA tombolo, from the Italian tombolo, derived from the Latin tumulus, meaning 'mound,' and sometimes translated as ayre , is a deposition landform in which an island is attached to the mainland by a narrow piece of land such as a spit or bar. Once attached, the island is then known as a tied island...
- Kettla Ness, which is connected to West Burra by a tombolo
- East BurraEast BurraEast Burra is one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is connected by a bridge to West Burra.With an area of two square miles, it is the eleventh largest of the Shetland Islands....
- West Burra
- HildasayHildasayHildasay , also known as Hildisay, is an uninhabited island off the west coast of the Shetland Mainland.-Geography and geology:...
/Hildesay - LingaLinga, HildasayLinga is a small island off Hildasay in the Shetland Islands. It is one of the Scalloway Islands. Haswell-Smith compares Hildasay and the adjacent islands to a yeti's footprint, with Linga as a the big toe...
(not to be confused with numerous Shetland islands of the same name) - OxnaOxnaOxna is one of the Scalloway Islands, lying north west of Burra in Shetland, Scotland. Oxna has an area of 68 ha .The island has been uninhabited since World War I, but there is a house which is still used as a holiday home.....
- PapaPapa, ShetlandPapa is an uninhabited island in the Scalloway Islands, Shetland, Scotland.Papa lies north west of Burra and east of Oxna in the Shetland Islands.-Footnotes:...
- West Head of PapaWest Head of PapaWest Head of Papa is a small tidal island off Papa in Shetland, and is one of the Scalloway Islands. It is 21m at its highest point. East Head of Papa is part of Papa itself, so it is possible that West Head became separated in recent history.- References :...
(tidal)
- West Head of Papa
- South HavraSouth HavraSouth Havra is an uninhabited island in the Scalloway Islands, Shetland, Scotland.-Geography and geology:South Havra lies south of Burra and west of the southern peninsula of the Mainland, Shetland....
- TrondraTrondraTrondra is one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It shelters the harbour of Scalloway and has an area of .-History:...
(linked to Mainland, and Burra by bridge)
St Ninian's Isle
St Ninian's Isle
St 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...
, connected to the Mainland by a tombolo, is not far to the south.