Quarff
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Henry’s Loch and Loch of Fladdabister.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gulberwick and Scalloway.
Gulberwick
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gulberwick is a village on Mainland, 2.5 mi southwest of Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, which contains approximately 200 houses. In recent years the number of houses in the area has increased due to its nearness to Shetland's capital and biggest town, Lerwick. Gulberwick is situated 1½ miles north of 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.
Aithsetter
Village
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Aithsetter is a village on the island of Mainland, in Shetland, Scotland. Aithsetter is in the parish of Dunrossness, towards the north end of the district of Cunningsburgh and formerly of that ancient parish. It is nearly 10 miles from Lerwick. Aithsetter is situated 3½ miles south of Quarff.
Quarff
- Type: Village with 100 residents
- Description: village in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.10434° or 60° 6′ 16″ northLongitude
-1.22545° or 1° 13′ 32″ westPopulation
100Elevation
240 feet (73 metres)Open location code
9CGW4Q3F+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 1837976675OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2639807Wikidata ID
Q7269149
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In Other Languages
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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