North Channel

North Channel is a channel in Shetland Islands, Scotland. North Channel is situated nearby to the hamlet Burwick, as well as near Cauldhame.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hildasay and Linga.

Hildasay

Island

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Hildasay, also known as Hildisay, is an uninhabited island off the west coast of the Shetland Mainland.

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.

Langa

Islet

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Langa is the collective name for two uninhabited islands off Hildasay, in Shetland, Scotland. The islands are connected by a tombolo and are separated at high tide. It is not to be confused with the numerous islands called "Linga" in Shetland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burwick and Scalloway.

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.

Scalloway

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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.

Gulberwick

Village

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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 4½ miles east of North Channel.

North Channel

Type: Channel
Category: body of water
Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

60.15° or 60° 9′ north

Longitude

-1.33333° or 1° 20′ west

Open location code

9CGW5M28+2M

GeoNames ID

2641399

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