Papa
Papa is an uninhabited island in the Scalloway Islands, Shetland, Scotland. Papa lies north west of Burra and east of Oxna in the Shetland Islands. The population was 20 in 1871, 14 in 1881 and 23 in 1891.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Islet
- Description: uninhabited island in the Scalloway Islands, Shetland, Scotland.
- Also known as: “Papa, Shetland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include West Head of Papa and Oxna.
West Head of Papa
Islet
West Head of Papa is a small tidal island off Papa in Shetland, and is one of the Scalloway Islands. It is 21m at its highest point. East Head of Papa is part of Papa itself, so it is possible that West Head became separated in recent history.
Oxna
Island
Photo: Jon Beer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oxna is one of the Scalloway Islands, lying north west of Burra in Shetland, Scotland. Oxna has an area of 68 hectares. The island has been uninhabited since the First World War, but there is a house which is still used as a holiday home. Papa island lies a few hundred metres to the east of Oxna's north coast.
Linga
Islet
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Linga is a small island off Hildasay in the Shetland Islands. It is one of the Scalloway Islands. Haswell-Smith compares Hildasay and the adjacent islands to a yeti's footprint, with Linga as the big toe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scalloway and Burwick.
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.
Burwick
Hamlet
Burwick is a small peninsula north of Scalloway in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Hill of Burwick rises to 107 metres, the Ness of Burwick is a headland that guards the bay of Bur Wick, and Burwick Holm is a small island with an elevation of about 10 metres, just off shore in the Scalloway Islands. Burwick is situated 2½ miles northeast of Papa.
Quarff
Village
Photo: Shimgray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Quarff is situated 4½ miles east of Papa.
Papa
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.12193° or 60° 7′ 19″ northLongitude
-1.34506° or 1° 20′ 42″ westOpen location code
9CGW4MC3+QXOpenStreetMap ID
way 41105625OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Papa” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Papa (Shetland)”
- Basque: “Papa”
- Cebuano: “Papa”
- Chinese: “帕帕島”
- Dutch: “Papa, Shetland”
- French: “Papa”
- Italian: “Papa”
- Japanese: “パパ島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Papa i Shetlandsøyane”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Papa, Sealtainn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Papa”
- Swedish: “Papa, Shetlandsöarna”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Papa Skerry and Atla Holm.
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