Sligga Skerry
Sligga Skerry is in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Sligga Skerry is situated nearby to the village Ulsta, as well as near the locality Brough.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bigga and Uynarey.
Bigga
Island
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Bigga is an uninhabited island in the Yell Sound between the Mainland and Yell in Shetland, Scotland.
Uynarey
Islet
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Uynarey is one of the Shetland islands in Yell Sound, just to the north of Bigga, and east of Brother Island. It is an RSPB reserve. The name comes from the Norse for "venerated island", and this may reflect a Culdee connection.
Brother Isle
Islet
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Brother Isle is a small, uninhabited island in Shetland, Scotland. It lies between the islands of Yell and Shetland Mainland. It is 40 hectares in size.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ulsta and Copister.
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.
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. Copister is situated 2½ miles east of Sligga Skerry.
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. Burravoe is situated 5 miles east of Sligga Skerry.
Sligga Skerry
- Type: Rock
- Also known as: “Slioga Skerry”
- Category: landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.5° or 60° 30′ northLongitude
-1.2° or 1° 12′ westOpen location code
9CGWGR22+22GeoNames ID
2637638
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