West Skerry
West Skerry is in Shetland Islands, Scotland. West Skerry is situated nearby to the locality Freefield, as well as near the village Bridge End.Places of Interest
Highlights include Oxna and Fugla Ness Lighthouse.
Oxna
Island
Photo: Jon Beer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oxna is one of the Scalloway Islands, lying north west of Burra in Shetland, Scotland. Oxna has an area of 68 hectares. The island has been uninhabited since the First World War, but there is a house which is still used as a holiday home. Papa island lies a few hundred metres to the east of Oxna's north coast. Oxna is situated 2½ miles north of West Skerry.
Fugla Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fugla Ness Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles northeast of West Skerry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scalloway and Quarff.
Scalloway
Scalloway is a fishing village in the Shetland Islands. It was the capital of these islands until 1708 when Lerwick supplanted it. The population in 2011 was 900.
Quarff
Village
Photo: Shimgray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quarff is a small village on Mainland in the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is located on the main A970 road, 5 miles south of Shetland's only town, Lerwick. Quarff is situated 5 miles east of West Skerry.
Burwick
Hamlet
Burwick is a small peninsula north of Scalloway in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Hill of Burwick rises to 107 metres, the Ness of Burwick is a headland that guards the bay of Bur Wick, and Burwick Holm is a small island with an elevation of about 10 metres, just off shore in the Scalloway Islands. Burwick is situated 5 miles northeast of West Skerry.
West Skerry
- Type: Rock
- Category: landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.08333° or 60° 5′ northLongitude
-1.36667° or 1° 22′ westOpen location code
9CGW3JMM+88GeoNames ID
2634267
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