West Linga
West Linga is an uninhabited island located between Mainland and Whalsay in Shetland, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Whalsay and Little Linga.
Whalsay
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whalsay is one of the Shetland Islands, 5 miles northeast of the Shetland Mainland, with a population of 1061 in 2011. It makes its living from fishing and crofting, and is seldom visited by tourists though it's easily reached.
Little Linga
Islet
Little Linga is a small island in the Shetland Islands. It is near West Linga and Vidlin on Mainland, Shetland. It is 20 metres at its highest point. It measures 500 metres from north to south.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huxter and Neap.
Huxter
Hamlet
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huxter is a crofting township in southeastern Whalsay in the parish of Nesting in the Shetland islands of Scotland.
Neap
Locality
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Neap is a small village in the east coast of the Mainland of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Neap is situated at the end of the road from Brettabister, through Housabister and Kirkabister.
West Linga
- Type: Island
- Description: island located between Mainland and Whalsay in Shetland, Scotland
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.36075° or 60° 21′ 39″ northLongitude
-1.03541° or 1° 2′ 8″ westOpen location code
9CGW9X67+8ROpenStreetMap ID
way 8590702OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“West Linga” goes by many names.
- Basque: “West Linga”
- Cebuano: “West Linga”
- Chinese: “西林加岛”
- Chinese: “西林加島”
- French: “West Linga”
- German: “West Linga”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “West Linga”
- Scottish Gaelic: “West Linga”
- Swedish: “West Linga”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Marrister and Norrendal.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Calf of Little Linga and Ketill Holm.
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