Wester Quarff

Wester Quarff is a hamlet in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Wester Quarff is situated nearby to the hamlet Cutts, as well as near Cauldhame.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Green Holm and Henry’s Loch.

Green Holm

Islet

Green Holm, is a small uninhabited island 500 metres north of Burra Ness at the north end of the island of Burra and on the west side of the main shipping lane into Scalloway, in Shetland. Green Holm is situated 2½ miles northwest of Wester Quarff.

Henry’s Loch

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Henry’s Loch is situated 1½ miles east of Wester Quarff.

Loch of Fladdabister

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Loch of Fladdabister is situated 1½ miles southeast of Wester Quarff.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quarff and Scalloway.

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.

Scalloway

Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY 3.0.

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.

Gulberwick

Village

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gulberwick is a village on Mainland, 2.5 mi southwest of Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, which contains approximately 200 houses. In recent years the number of houses in the area has increased due to its nearness to Shetland's capital and biggest town, Lerwick. Gulberwick is situated 3 miles northeast of Wester Quarff.

Wester Quarff

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

60.09928° or 60° 5′ 57″ north

Longitude

-1.26481° or 1° 15′ 53″ west

Elevation

344 feet (105 metres)

Open location code

9CGW3PXP+P3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1837978132

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2634426

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Localities in the Area

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