Mangaster
Mangaster is a hamlet in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Mangaster is situated nearby to the hamlet Haggrister, as well as near Islesburgh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mavis Grind and Brae.
Mavis Grind
Locality
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Mavis Grind is a narrow isthmus joining the Northmavine peninsula to the rest of the island of Mainland in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is just over 90 metres at its narrowest point. Mavis Grind is situated 1½ miles south of Mangaster.
Brae
Photo: Ronnie Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brae is on Mainland of the Shetland Islands. It was a tiny fishing village then grew rapidly in the 1970s with the construction of Sullom Voe oil terminal, and in 2011 the population was 856.
Hillswick
Photo: Chris Combe, CC BY 2.0.
Hillswick is a small village on the Mainland of the Shetland Islands. It's the main settlement on the Northmavine peninsula, connected to the rest of Mainland by the road along Mavis Grind, the narrow isthmus by the village of Brae - so narrow you can almost hurl a stone from the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea side.
Mangaster
- Type: Hamlet
- Also known as: “Mangersta”
- Category: locality
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.42005° or 60° 25′ 12″ northLongitude
-1.40318° or 1° 24′ 11″ westElevation
75 feet (23 metres)Open location code
9CGWCHCW+2POpenStreetMap ID
node 1838172616OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2643119
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