Mainland
The Shetland Islands are the most northerly part of the United Kingdom, a group of islands 100 mi north of mainland Scotland. The largest town, Lerwick, is closer to Norway than to Edinburgh, and culturally and geographically they feel more Norse than Scottish.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: main island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Mainland Island”, “Mainland, Shetland”, and “Shetland Mainland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tirsa Water.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huxter and Haggersta.
Huxter
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huxter is a hamlet, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Mainland.
Haggersta
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haggersta is a village, which is situated 3½ miles south of Mainland.
Aith
Village
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Aith, is a village on the Northern coast of the West Shetland Mainland, Scotland at the southern end of Aith Voe, some 21 miles west of Lerwick. Aith lies on the B9071 that runs south to the junction with the A971 at the village of Bixter and North East via East Burrafirth to the junction with the A970 at the village of Voe. Aith is situated 4 miles west of Mainland.
Mainland
- Categories: mainland and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Mainland from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Mainland” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مينلاند”
- Basque: “Mainland”
- Catalan: “Mainland”
- Cebuano: “Mainland (pulo sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Scotland, Shetland Islands)”
- Cebuano: “Mainland”
- Chinese: “梅恩兰岛”
- Chinese: “梅恩蘭島”
- Czech: “Mainland”
- Danish: “Mainland”
- Dutch: “Mainland”
- Esperanto: “Ŝetlanda Ĉefinsulo”
- Estonian: “Mainland”
- Faroese: “Mainland, Hetland”
- Faroese: “Mainland”
- Finnish: “Mainland”
- French: “Mainland”
- Galician: “Mainland, Shetland”
- German: “Mainland”
- Greek: “Μέινλαντ”
- Hebrew: “מיינלנד”
- Hungarian: “Mainland”
- Hungarian: “Shetland Mainland”
- Icelandic: “Mainland”
- Icelandic: “Meginland”
- Interlingue: “Mainland (Shetland)”
- Interlingue: “Mainland”
- Italian: “Mainland”
- Japanese: “メインランド島”
- Korean: “메인랜드”
- Lithuanian: “Meinlandas (Šetlando salos)”
- Lithuanian: “Meinlandas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mainland på Shetland”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mainland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mainland i Shetlandsøyane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mainland Shetland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shetland Mainland”
- Norwegian: “Mainland”
- Polish: “Mainland”
- Portuguese: “Mainland”
- Portuguese: “Shetland Mainland”
- Russian: “Мейнленд”
- Scots: “Mainland, Shetland”
- Scots: “Mainland”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Mòr-thìr, Sealtainn”
- Serbian: “Мејнленд”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mainland”
- Slovak: “Mainland”
- Slovak: “Shetlandy”
- Slovenian: “Mainland”
- Spanish: “Mainland”
- Swedish: “Mainland, Shetlandsöarna”
- Swedish: “Mainland”
- Turkish: “Mainland, Shetland”
- Ukrainian: “Мейнленд”
- Welsh: “Mainland”
- Western Panjabi: “مینلینڈ، شٹلینڈ”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Catfirth and Weisdale.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Clingera and Hill of Skurron.
Shetland Islands: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Lerwick, Fair Isle, Unst, and Yell.
Curious Places to Discover
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