Sand Wick
Sand Wick is a bay in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Sand Wick is situated nearby to the locality Freefield, as well as near the village Bridge End.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oxna and Fugla Ness Lighthouse.
Oxna
Island
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Oxna is one of the Scalloway Islands, lying north west of Burra in Shetland, Scotland. Oxna has an area of 68 hectares. The island has been uninhabited since the First World War, but there is a house which is still used as a holiday home. Papa island lies a few hundred metres to the east of Oxna's north coast. Oxna is situated 2½ miles north of Sand Wick.
Fugla Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fugla Ness Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles north of Sand Wick.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scalloway and Quarff.
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.
Quarff
Village
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Quarff is a small village on Mainland in the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is located on the main A970 road, 5 miles south of Shetland's only town, Lerwick. Quarff is situated 4½ miles east of Sand Wick.
Cunningsburgh
Hamlet
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Cunningsburgh, formerly also known as Coningsburgh, is a new hamlet and ancient parish in the south of Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. The hamlet is on the coast, nine miles south-southwest of Lerwick, about halfway between there and Sumburgh Head. Cunningsburgh is situated 5 miles southeast 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
60.08333° or 60° 5′ northLongitude
-1.35° or 1° 21′ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
9CGW3MM2+82GeoNames ID
2638539
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Inner Skerry and Hill of Sandwick.
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