Matta Taing
Matta Taing is a point in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Matta Taing is situated nearby to the hamlet Huxter, as well as near Sandness.Photo: Catherine Morgan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch of Huxter, broch and Loch of Huxter.
Loch of Huxter, broch
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch of Huxter, broch is an archaeological site.
Holm of Melby
Islet
Photo: Alan Bowring, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holm of Melby is a small uninhabited island off Mainland, Shetland in Scotland. It lies in the Sound of Papa just offshore from the settlement of Melby in the district of Sandness. Holm of Melby is situated 2½ miles northeast of Matta Taing.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huxter and Sandness.
Sandness
Hamlet
Photo: Cwcoutts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandness is a headland and district in the west of Shetland Mainland, Scotland. Sandness was a civil parish, which also included the island of Papa Stour a mile northwest across Papa Sound. Sandness is situated 2 miles northeast of Matta Taing.
Biggings
Hamlet
Photo: Mark Stockdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Biggings is a village on the island of Papa Stour, in Shetland, Scotland. Papa Stour's church is situated at the south of Biggings. A homestead of Duke Haakon of Norway is thought to have been at Biggings, and archaeological digs have discovered the remains of a substantial Norse house, dating to around the 12th or 13th century. Biggings is situated 3 miles north of Matta Taing.
Matta Taing
- Type: Point
- Description: point in Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Matta Taing” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Matta Taing”
- Swedish: “Matta Taing”
Localities in the Area
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