Sullom Voe

Sullom Voe is an eight-mile-long voe or inlet off in the Shetland Islands. It divides the peninsula from the remainder of Mainland.
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: inlet between North Mainland and Northmavine on Shetland in Scotland
  • Also known as: Sallom Voe

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brae and Mavis Grind.

is on Mainland of the . It was a tiny fishing village then grew rapidly in the 1970s with the construction of Sullom Voe oil terminal, and in 2011 the population was 856.

Locality
is a narrow isthmus joining the peninsula to the rest of the island of in the Shetland Islands, . It is just over 90 metres at its narrowest point. is situated 4 miles southwest of Sullom Voe.

is a small village on the Mainland of the . It's the main settlement on the Northmavine peninsula, connected to the rest of Mainland by the road along Mavis Grind, the narrow isthmus by the village of - so narrow you can almost hurl a stone from the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea side.

Sullom Voe

Latitude
60.45° or 60° 27′ north
Longitude
-1.33333° or 1° 20′ west
United Nations Location Code
GB SUL
Open location code
9CGWCMX8+XM
Geo­Names ID
2636546
Wiki­data ID
Q782412
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Sullom Voe” goes by many names.
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  • Russian: Саллом-Во
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  • Ukrainian: Саллом-Во
  • Urdu: سلوم وو
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