Sand Wick

Sand Wick is a bay in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Sand Wick is situated nearby to the hamlet Muness, as well as near the village Clivocast.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Muness Castle and Uyea.

Muness Castle

Castle

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Muness Castle is located on Unst, which is one of the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The castle is three kilometres east of the village of Uyeasound. Unst is Scotland's most northerly inhabited island, and Muness is the most northerly fortalice in the British Isles.

Uyea

Island

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Uyea is an uninhabited tidal island located to the northwest of Mainland, Shetland. Uyea lies off the Northmavine peninsula, from where it can be reached by foot at low tide. Uyea is situated 2½ miles southwest of Sand Wick.

Helliers Water

Reservoir

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Helliers Water is a reservoir, which is situated 1½ miles north of Sand Wick.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clivocast and Uyeasound.

Clivocast

Village

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Clivocast is a settlement on the island of Unst in the Shetland Islands, Scotland at or grid reference HP6000 and is situated just east of Uyeasound. The 9 ft 10 in Uyea Breck Standing Stone nearby is said to mark the spot where the son of the Viking Harald Harfager was killed some time around 900AD.

Uyeasound

Hamlet

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Uyeasound is a village on the Isle of Unst, the northernmost island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It takes its name from the neighbouring strait of the same name, which looks over to the Isle of Uyea. Uyeasound is situated 1½ miles west of Sand Wick.

Belmont

Hamlet

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Belmont is a settlement and ferry terminal in southern Unst in the Shetland Islands. The ferry crosses Bluemull Sound from here to Gutcher in Yell and to Hamars Ness in Fetlar. Belmont House, a Georgian mansion built in 1775 by Thomas Mouat, was restored by Historic Scotland amongst others, and opened to the public in 2011. Belmont is situated 3½ miles west of Sand Wick.

Sand Wick

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

60.7° or 60° 42′ north

Longitude

-0.86667° or 0° 52′ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

9CGXM4XM+X8

GeoNames ID

2638536

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