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.

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.

Mousa light station

Lighthouse

Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mousa light station is a lighthouse.

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.

Mail

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″ north

Longitude

-1.22502° or 1° 13′ 30″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

9CFWXQRF+5X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8690577013

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

2638540

Wikidata ID

Q24638423

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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

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sandwick Graveyard and Sandwick Parish Church.

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