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South Mainland

South Mainland in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.

View over Lax Dale from Tongue Field, Shetland - geograph.org.uk - 5824493

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Typical visit
4 h–12 h

About

South Mainland 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.

From the Wikipedia article

The South Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the southern peninsula of Mainland island. It lies south of Hellister (60° 14′N). The greater southern part of the peninsula belongs to the civil parish of Dunrossness. The rest belongs to the parishes of Lerwick and Tingwall (small part of the latter). St Ninian's Isle is a tidal island off its west coast.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Coordinates
60.0667, -1.2667

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Where is South Mainland?
South Mainland is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 60.0667°, -1.2667°.