Vaila
Vaila is an island in Shetland, Scotland, 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Linga.
Linga
Islet
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Linga is one of the Shetland Islands, near Vaila and Walls on Mainland, Shetland. Its highest elevation is 28 metres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Walls.
Walls
Photo: Ronnie Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Walls or Waas is a small fishing village on the west Mainland of the Shetland Islands. The main reasons to come are the Neolithic "Temple" and to take the ferry to Foula, or the ferry from West Burrafirth to Papa Stour.
Vaila
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.20061° or 60° 12′ 2″ northLongitude
-1.5845° or 1° 35′ 4″ westOpen location code
9CGW6C28+66OpenStreetMap ID
way 8590968OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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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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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include East Ward and Mid Ward.
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