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Scalloway Islands

Scalloway Islands in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit
15 min–30 min

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Scalloway Islands is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

The Scalloway Islands are in Shetland opposite Scalloway on south west of the Mainland. They form a mini-archipelago and include: Burra (two islands linked by bridge to each other and Trondra) East Burra (with Houss Ness) West Burra (with Kettla Ness) South Havra Little Havra Papa – belongs to Civil parish of Lerwick West Head of Papa (tidal) The aforementioned islands were all part of the ancient civil parish of Burra, which was merged with Lerwick in 1891. They are shown on coloured maps as part of Lerwick. Hildasay/Hildesay – belongs to Civil parish of Tingwall Langa – belongs to Civil parish of Tingwall Linga (not to be confused with numerous Shetland islands of the same name) – belongs to Civil parish of Tingwall Oxna – belongs to Civil parish of Tingwall Trondra (linked to Mainland, and Burra by bridge) – belongs to Civil parish of Tingwall St Ninian's Isle, connected to the Mainland by a tombolo, is not far to the south - belongs to Civil parish of Dunrossness

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Coordinates
60.0833, -1.3333

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Where is Scalloway Islands?
Scalloway Islands is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 60.0833°, -1.3333°.