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Oxna

Oxna is one of the Scalloway Islands, lying north west of Burra in , . Oxna has an area of 68 hectares. The has been uninhabited since the First World War, but there is a house which is still used as a holiday home. island lies a few hundred metres to the east of Oxna's north coast.
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Photo: Jon Beer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Papa and West Head of Papa.

Islet
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is an uninhabited island in the Scalloway Islands, , . 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.

Islet
is a small tidal island off in , 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.

Islet
The are a group of reefs and small islands, between Oxna and in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. They have been considerably eroded in the historic past, and some of the islands are still connected at low tides.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burwick and Scalloway.

Hamlet
is a small peninsula north of in the , . The Hill of rises to 107 metres, the Ness of is a headland that guards the bay of Bur Wick, and Holm is a small island with an elevation of about 10 metres, just off shore in the Scalloway Islands.

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is a fishing village in the . It was the capital of these islands until 1708 when Lerwick supplanted it. The population in 2011 was 900.

Village
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is a small village on in the Shetland Islands in . It is located on the main A970 road, 5 miles south of Shetland's only town, . is situated 5 miles east of Oxna.

Oxna

Latitude
60.11765° or 60° 7′ 4″ north
Longitude
-1.36867° or 1° 22′ 7″ west
Open location code
9CGW4J9J+3G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 41105626
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2640724
Wiki­data ID
Q597851
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Oxna” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Oxna”
  • Catalan: “Oxna”
  • Cebuano: “Oxna Island”
  • Cebuano: “Oxna”
  • Chinese: “奧克斯納島”
  • Danish: “Oxna”
  • Dutch: “Oxna”
  • French: “Oxna”
  • Italian: “Oxna”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oxna”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Oxna”
  • Spanish: “Oxna”
  • Swedish: “Oxna Island”
  • Swedish: “Oxna”

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Highlights include Hogg of Oxna and Spoose Holm.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Oxna”. Photo: Jon Beer, CC BY-SA 2.0.