Sand Wick
Sand Wick is a bay in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Sand Wick is situated nearby to the hamlet Cunnister, as well as near the village Gutcher.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Linga and Burra Ness Broch.
Linga
Islet
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Linga is a small uninhabited island in the Bluemull Sound, Shetland, Scotland. It is one of many islands in Shetland called Linga. It has an area of 45 ha and is 26m at its highest point.
Burra Ness Broch
Ruins
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Burra Ness Broch is an iron-age broch located on the east coast of the island of Yell, Shetland, Scotland.
Sound Gruney
Islet
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Sound Gruney is one of the Shetland islands. It lies about 1.5 kilometres north of Hamars Ness on Fetlar, south of Unst, and to the east of Yell. Sound Gruney is situated 2 miles east of Sand Wick.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gutcher and Belmont.
Gutcher
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gutcher is a settlement on the northeast coast of Yell in the Shetland islands. From here, rollon/roll off ferry services to Belmont on Unst and Hamars Ness on Fetlar operate.
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 3 miles northeast of Sand Wick.
Cullivoe
Village
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Cullivoe, is a village on Yell in the Shetland Islands. It is in the north east of the island, near Bluemull Sound, not far from Unst. Cullivoe is a fishing port, and was formerly the ferry terminal for Unst, before ro-ro ferries - the terminal is now at Gutcher. Cullivoe is situated 4 miles north 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
60.65° or 60° 39′ northLongitude
-1° or 1° westOpen location code
9CGXM222+22GeoNames ID
2638537
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