Muckle Flugga
Muckle Flugga is a small rocky island north of Unst in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the most northerly hill in Scotland and is often described as the northernmost point of the British Isles, but the smaller islet of Out Stack is actually further north.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Muckle Flugga Lighthouse and Out Stack.
Muckle Flugga Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Muckle Flugga lighthouse punctuates the rocky stack of Muckle Flugga, in Shetland, Scotland. Originally called North Unst Lighthouse, it was renamed in 1964.
Out Stack
Islet
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Unst is the most northerly inhabited island of the Shetland Islands, north of mainland Scotland, with a population of 632 in 2011. Life here was traditionally based on herring fishing: the herring now are sparse but small-scale fishing continues, along with sheep farming.
Hermaness
Nature reserve
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Hermaness is the northernmost headland of Unst, the most northerly inhabited island of Shetland, Scotland. It consists of huge sea cliffs and moorland, making it an ideal habitat for a variety of birds. Hermaness is situated 2 miles south of Muckle Flugga.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burrafirth and Skaw.
Burrafirth
Hamlet
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Burrafirth links is a strip of land with a few houses on the island of Unst, Shetland, Scotland. It separates the fjord Burra Firth from the Loch of Cliff. Burrafirth is situated 3½ miles south of Muckle Flugga.
Skaw
Hamlet
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Skaw is a settlement in the Scottish archipelago of Shetland, located on the island of Unst. It is located north of Haroldswick on a peninsula in the northeast corner of the island, and is the most northerly settlement in the United Kingdom. Skaw is situated 4 miles southeast of Muckle Flugga.
Haroldswick
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haroldswick or Harold's Wick, is on Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, and is one of the most northerly settlements in the British Isles. Haroldswick is situated 5 miles southeast of Muckle Flugga.
Muckle Flugga
- Type: Island
- Description: island north of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Muckle Flugga” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Muckle Flugga”
- Cebuano: “Muckle Flugga”
- Chinese: “馬克弗拉加島”
- Danish: “Muckle Flugga”
- Dutch: “Muckle Flugga”
- Finnish: “Muckle Flugga”
- French: “Muckle Flugga”
- German: “Muckle Flugga”
- Hebrew: “מאקל פלוגה”
- Icelandic: “Mikla-Flugey”
- Icelandic: “Muckle Flugga”
- Italian: “Muckle Flugga”
- Japanese: “マックル・フラッガ島”
- Japanese: “マックル・フルッガ島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Muckle Flugga”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Muckle Flugga”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “North Unst”
- Norwegian: “Muckle Flugga”
- Polish: “Muckle Flugga”
- Portuguese: “Muckle Flugga”
- Russian: “Макл Флугга”
- Russian: “Макл-Флагга”
- Russian: “Макл-Флугга”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Muckle Flugga”
- Spanish: “Muckle Flugga”
- Swedish: “Muckle Flugga”
- Welsh: “Muckle Flugga”
- Western Panjabi: “مکل فلوگا”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Northdale and Stove.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cliff Skerry and Little Flugga.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Muckle Flugga”. Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 4.0.