Swinister Voe

Swinister Voe is a bay in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Swinister Voe is situated nearby to the hamlet Firth, as well as near the locality Ube.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Linga and Fish Holm.

Linga

Islet

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Linga is one of the Shetland Islands, in Yell Sound.

Fish Holm

Islet

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Fish Holm is a small island, 1.5 miles east of Mainland, Shetland. It is near the village of Mossbank. It is 20 metres at its highest point, and a mile south of Samphrey in Yell Sound.

Samphrey is an uninhabited island in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. One of Fair Isle's old names is "Friðarey" which is of similar origin. It is situated in the southern end of Yell Sound, between the Mainland, Shetland at Mossbank and the island of Yell.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Copister and Ulsta.

Copister

Hamlet

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Copister is a village in Yell. It is a former centre for haaf net fishing, and has a shingle beach.

Ulsta

Village

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Ulsta is a village in the south-west of the island of Yell, Shetland, Scotland. North Ness Hall is the local community facility. The car ferry to Toft on Mainland, Shetland leaves from here.

Burravoe

Village

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Burravoe is a community on the north shore of Burra Voe, in the south-east part of the island of Yell in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The name Burravoe is derived from the Old Norse Borgavágr, meaning, broch bay.

Swinister Voe

Type: Bay
Category: body of water
Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

60.4358° or 60° 26′ 9″ north

Longitude

-1.17528° or 1° 10′ 31″ west

Open location code

9CGWCRPF+8V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8690662931

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

2636377

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wether Holm and Hill of Swinister.

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