Snap
Snap is an islet in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Snap is situated nearby to the hamlet Silwick, as well as near Skeld.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hildasay and Scarf Water.
Hildasay
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hildasay, also known as Hildisay, is an uninhabited island off the west coast of the Shetland Mainland. Hildasay is situated 2½ miles southeast of Snap.
Scarf Water
Photo: Robert Sandison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scarf Water is situated 2½ miles northwest of Snap.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burwick and Scalloway.
Burwick
Hamlet
Burwick is a small peninsula north of Scalloway in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Hill of Burwick rises to 107 metres, the Ness of Burwick is a headland that guards the bay of Bur Wick, and Burwick Holm is a small island with an elevation of about 10 metres, just off shore in the Scalloway Islands. Burwick is situated 4½ miles east of Snap.
Scalloway
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.
Haggersta
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haggersta is a village, which is situated 6 miles northeast of Snap.
Snap
- Type: Islet
- Also known as: “Snap Rock”
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.16135° or 60° 9′ 41″ northLongitude
-1.41805° or 1° 25′ 5″ westOpen location code
9CGW5H6J+GQOpenStreetMap ID
way 229408462OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
2637598
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