Sand Wick
Sand Wick is a bay in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Sand Wick is situated nearby to the locality Hoga, as well as near the hamlet Leebitten.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mousa and Levenwick Broch.
Mousa
Island
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Mousa is a small island in Shetland, Scotland, uninhabited since the nineteenth century. The island is known for the Broch of Mousa, an Iron Age round tower, and is designated as a Special Protection Area for storm-petrel breeding colonies.
Levenwick Broch
Archaeological site
Photo: Derek Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Levenwick Broch is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hoswick and Levenwick.
Hoswick
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hoswick is a settlement in Sandwick in the south mainland of Shetland, Scotland, on the eastern part of the Dunrossness civil parish. It is separated from the rest of Sandwick by the Hoswick Burn and from Channerwick in the south by the hill on which the settlement is situated.
Levenwick
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Levenwick is a small village about 17 miles south of Lerwick, on the east side of the South Mainland of Shetland, Scotland. It is part of the parish of Dunrossness and the Levenwick Health Centre provides medical support for the Dunrossness area.
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mail is a hamlet on the island of Mainland, in the Shetland Islands, Scotland.
Sand Wick
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay on South Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.99042° or 59° 59′ 26″ northLongitude
-1.22502° or 1° 13′ 30″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
9CFWXQRF+5XOpenStreetMap ID
node 8690577013OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Sand Wick” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Sand Wick”
- Cebuano: “Sand Wick (luuk sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Shetland Islands, lat 59,98, long -1,22)”
- Cebuano: “Sand Wick”
- Swedish: “Sand Wick (vik i Storbritannien, Shetlandsöarna, lat 59,98, long -1,22)”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sandwick and Hoga.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sandwick Graveyard and Sandwick Parish Church.
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