The Mainland is the main island of Shetland, Scotland. The island contains Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick, and is the centre of Shetland's ferry and air...
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"the Mainland", has an area of 967 km2 (373 sq mi), and is the fifth-largest island in the British Isles. It is one of 16 inhabited islands in Shetland. Humans...
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This is a list of Shetland islands in Scotland. The Shetland archipelago is located 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of mainland Scotland and the capital Lerwick...
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Twatt is a settlement in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. It is located on the Shetland Mainland on a minor road that leads from the A971 road to Clousta...
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Lerwick (redirect from Lerwick, Shetland)
miles (200 km) off the north coast of the Scottish mainland and on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland, Lerwick lies 211 miles (340 km) north-by-northeast...
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Scottish mainland. Most, but not all, exterior location filming takes place in Shetland; in 2021, filming of series 6 and 7 took place in Shetland in two...
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Northern Isles (redirect from Orkney & Shetland)
of mainland Scotland. The climate is cool and temperate and highly influenced by the surrounding seas. There are two main island groups: Shetland and...
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from Shetland to the southern Moray Firth. As in nearby Caithness, these rocks rest upon the metamorphic rocks of the eastern schists, and in Mainland where...
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Orkney Mainland to Shapinsay have been discussed, although little has come of it. Shetland Islands Several Shetland islands are joined to the Shetland Mainland:...
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purposes. Shetland ponies originated in the Shetland Islands, located northeast of mainland Scotland. Small horses have been kept in the Shetland Islands...
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Shetland North European Enclosure Dam (NEED) North from Shetland to Western Norway North European Enclosure Dam (NEED) North from Sotra to mainland Norway...
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is thought that the original Shetland herding dogs were of the Spitz type, and were crossed with Collies from mainland Britain. In the early 20th century...
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of Shetland, Scotland. In the 2011 census it had a usually resident population of 966. It is the second largest island in Shetland after the Mainland with...
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Sumburgh Airport (category Mainland, Shetland)
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;...
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Scalloway Castle (category Mainland, Shetland)
Scalloway Castle is a tower house in Scalloway, on the Shetland Mainland, the largest island in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The tower was built in 1600...
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clandestine special operations group that made a permanent link between Mainland Shetland in Scotland and German-occupied Norway from 1941 until the surrender...
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with a UK population of over 3000. On the mainland the breed is governed by the Shetland Sheep Society. A Shetland ram was kept by United States President...
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250°N 1.500°W / 60.250; -1.500 The West Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the part of the Shetland Mainland lying west of Aith (1° 23′ W). Points of...
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Brae (category Villages in Mainland, Shetland)
Breiðeið, meaning "the wide isthmus") is a village on the island of Mainland in Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom. Brae was historically a fishing village...
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Sumburgh (redirect from Sumburgh, Shetland)
Sumburgh is a small settlement in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Sumburgh is located at the south end of the Mainland on Sumburgh Head. Sumburgh Airport...
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SaxaVord Spaceport (redirect from Shetland Space Centre)
as Shetland Space Centre, is a spaceport located on the Lamba Ness peninsula on Unst, the most northerly of the Shetland Islands off of mainland Scotland...
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Tingwall Airport (category Mainland, Shetland)
6 mi) northwest of Lerwick in Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. Although it is the nearest airport to Lerwick, it is not Shetland's main airport, which is Sumburgh...
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islands within the Northern Isles are called Orkney Mainland and Shetland Mainland, respectively. Mainland Canada, as opposed to Canadian Islands, particularly...
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Jarlshof (category Mainland, Shetland)
best-known prehistoric archaeological site in Shetland, Scotland. It lies in Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland and has been described as "one of the most remarkable...
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Australia Mainland, Newfoundland and Labrador, a village in Canada Mainland, Orkney, the main island of Orkney, Scotland Mainland, Shetland, the main...
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Northmavine (redirect from Burnside, Shetland)
‘the land north of the Mavis Grind’) is a peninsula in northwest Mainland Shetland in Scotland. The peninsula has historically formed the civil parish...
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067°N 1.267°W / 60.067; -1.267 The South Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the southern peninsula of Mainland island. It lies south of Hellister (60°...
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Scatsta Airport (category Mainland, Shetland)
(IATA: SCS, ICAO: EGPM), was a commercial airport on the island of Mainland, Shetland in Scotland located 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) north of Lerwick...
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Lochs of Spiggie and Brow (category Mainland, Shetland)
located west of Boddam in the parish of Dunrossness, in the South Mainland of Shetland, Scotland, about 6 km north of Sumburgh. They are designated as a...
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The Shetland Gas Plant is a natural-gas processing plant in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Shetland Gas Plant is the collection and gas processing...
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