Vaila

Vaila is an in , , lying south of the Westland peninsula of the Shetland Mainland. It has an area of 327 hectares, and is 95 metres at its highest point.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Linga and Ram’s Head Lighthouse.

Islet
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is one of the Shetland Islands, near Vaila and on . Its highest elevation is 28 metres.

Lighthouse
Photo: Derek Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Walls.

Photo: Ronnie Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Waas is a small fishing village on the west Mainland of the . The main reasons to come are the Neolithic "Temple" and to take the ferry to , or the ferry from West Burrafirth to Papa Stour.

Vaila

Latitude
60.20061° or 60° 12′ 2″ north
Longitude
-1.5845° or 1° 35′ 4″ west
Open location code
9CGW6C28+66
Open­Street­Map ID
way 8590968
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2635032
Wiki­data ID
Q1600805
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Satellite Map

Discover Vaila from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Vaila” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Vaila”
  • Catalan: “Vaila”
  • Cebuano: “Vaila Island”
  • Cebuano: “Vaila”
  • Chinese: “韋拉島”
  • Danish: “Vaila”
  • Dutch: “Vaila”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ڤايلا”
  • French: “Vaila”
  • German: “Vaila”
  • Hebrew: “ויילה”
  • Italian: “Vaila”
  • Japanese: “ヴァイラ島”
  • Japanese: “バイラ島”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vaila”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vaila”
  • Norwegian: “Vaila”
  • Russian: “Вейла”
  • Scots: “Vaila”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Vaila”
  • Spanish: “Vaila”
  • Swedish: “Vaila”
  • Ukrainian: “Вайла”

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