Sandness
Sandness is a headland and district in the west of Shetland Mainland, Scotland. Sandness was a civil parish, which also included the island of Papa Stour a mile northwest across Papa Sound.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Holm of Melby and Forewick Holm.
Holm of Melby
Islet
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Holm of Melby is a small uninhabited island off Mainland, Shetland in Scotland. It lies in the Sound of Papa just offshore from the settlement of Melby in the district of Sandness.
Forewick Holm
Islet
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Forewick Holm is a 1-hectare island in the Sound of Papa, between Papa Stour and the Mainland of Shetland. It lies adjacent to a skerry called Scarf's Head, and the two are connected at low tide.
Loch of Huxter, broch
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch of Huxter, broch is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huxter and Biggings.
Biggings
Hamlet
Photo: Mark Stockdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Biggings is a village on the island of Papa Stour, in Shetland, Scotland. Papa Stour's church is situated at the south of Biggings. A homestead of Duke Haakon of Norway is thought to have been at Biggings, and archaeological digs have discovered the remains of a substantial Norse house, dating to around the 12th or 13th century. Biggings is situated 2 miles northwest of Sandness.
West Burrafirth
Hamlet
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Burrafirth is a hamlet, which is situated 4 miles east of Sandness.
Sandness
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: headland area in Shetland
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.29885° or 60° 17′ 56″ northLongitude
-1.6522° or 1° 39′ 8″ westElevation
220 feet (67 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SNKOpen location code
9CGW78XX+G4OpenStreetMap ID
node 254610976OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2638571Wikidata ID
Q7416433
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Sandness” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Sandness”
- Chinese: “桑德内斯”
- Dutch: “Sandness”
- German: “Sandness”
- Japanese: “サンドネス”
- Slovenian: “Sandness”
- Welsh: “Sandness”
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