Papa Stour Island

Papa Stour is one of the Shetland Islands in , with a population of fifteen people, some of whom immigrated after an appeal for residents in the 1970s.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Papa Stour”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Papa Stour Airport and Forewick Holm.

Aerodrome
Photo: Rude Health, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Papa Stour Airstrip is a small airstrip in the village of on the island of Papa Stour. , Scotland.

Islet
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is a 1-hectare island in the Sound of Papa, between Papa Stour and the of . It lies adjacent to a skerry called Scarf's Head, and the two are connected at low tide.

Islet
is a tiny tidal islet in the western Shetland Islands. It is due east of Papa Stour, to which it is connected at low tide, just outside Housa Voe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Biggings and Huxter.

Hamlet
Photo: Mark Stockdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the island of Papa Stour, in , Scotland. Papa Stour's church is situated at the south of . A homestead of Duke Haakon of Norway is thought to have been at , and archaeological digs have discovered the remains of a substantial Norse house, dating to around the 12th or 13th century.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Hamlet
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is a headland and district in Shetland Mainland, . It includes the westernmost point of Shetland Mainland. was a civil parish, which also included the island of Papa Stour a mile northwest across Papa Sound.

Papa Stour Island

Latitude
60.33064° or 60° 19′ 50″ north
Longitude
-1.69974° or 1° 41′ 59″ west
Population
15
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
IATA airport code
PSV
United Nations Location Code
GB PSV
Open location code
9CGW88J2+74
Open­Street­Map ID
way 173383816
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2640631
Wiki­data ID
Q1552121
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Satellite Map

Discover Papa Stour Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Papa Stour Island” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Papa Stour”
  • Catalan: “Papa Stour”
  • Cebuano: “Papa Stour Island”
  • Cebuano: “Papa Stour”
  • Chinese: “帕帕斯朵尔”
  • Chinese: “帕帕斯朵爾”
  • Danish: “Papa Stour”
  • Dutch: “Papa Stour”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “پاپا ستور”
  • Faroese: “Papa Stour”
  • French: “Papa Stour”
  • German: “Papa Stour”
  • Greek: “Παπά Στάουερ”
  • Hebrew: “פפא סטור”
  • Hebrew: “פפה סטור”
  • Italian: “Papa Stour”
  • Japanese: “パパ・ストア島”
  • Lithuanian: “Papa Stauras”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Papa Stour”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Papa Stour”
  • Norwegian: “Papa Stour”
  • Russian: “Папа-Стаур”
  • Russian: “Папа-Стур”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Papa Stour”
  • Spanish: “Papa Stour”
  • Swedish: “Papa Stour Island”
  • Swedish: “Papa Stour”
  • Ukrainian: “Папа-Стур”
  • Welsh: “Papa Stour”
  • Western Panjabi: “پاپا سٹور”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gorda Water and Dutch Loch.

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