St Ninian’s Isle
St Ninian's Isle is a small tied island connected by the largest tombolo in the UK to the south-western coast of the Mainland, Shetland, in Scotland. It is part of the civil parish of Dunrossness on the South Mainland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Saint Ninian Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Ninian’s Chapel and Colsay.
Colsay
Islet
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colsay is an uninhabited island off the South West coast of Mainland, Shetland. Fora Ness lies to the south, across the Muckle Sound. The highest elevation is 44 metres, and there is an ancient cairn on the summit.
Loch of Spiggie
Photo: Stuart Wilding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch of Spiggie is situated 2½ miles south of St Ninian’s Isle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bigton and Levenwick.
Bigton
Village
Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bigton is a small settlement on South Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. Bigton is within the civil parish of Dunrossness. The Stewarts owned Bigton from 1634.
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. Levenwick is situated 2½ miles east of St Ninian’s Isle.
St Ninian’s Isle
- Category: landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“St Ninian’s Isle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Saint Ninian’s Isle”
- Cebuano: “St Ninian’s Isle”
- Chinese: “圣尼尼安岛”
- Chinese: “圣弥安岛”
- Chinese: “聖尼尼安島”
- Danish: “St Ninian’s Isle”
- Dutch: “St Ninian’s Isle”
- French: “Saint-ninian”
- French: “Saint-Ninian”
- German: “St Ninian’s Isle”
- Italian: “St Ninian’s Isle”
- Japanese: “セント・ニニアンズ島”
- Japanese: “聖ニニアンの島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sankt Ninian (øy)”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “St Ninian’s Isle”
- Norwegian: “St. Ninian’s Isle”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eilean Ninian”
- Swedish: “Saint Ninian’s Isle”
- Swedish: “St Ninian’s Isle”
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