Mainland

The Shetland Islands are the most northerly part of the United Kingdom, a group of islands 100 mi north of mainland . The largest town, , is closer to Norway than to Edinburgh, and culturally and geographically they feel more Norse than Scottish.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: main island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Mainland i Shetlandsøyane”, “Mainland Island”, “Mainland på Shetland”, “Mainland Shetland”, “Mainland, Shetland”, and “Shetlandy”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Tirsa Water.

Photo: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 2 miles south of Mainland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Huxter and Haggersta.

Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Mainland.

Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village, which is situated 3½ miles south of Mainland.

Village
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, is a village on the Northern coast of the West… is situated 4 miles west of Mainland.

Mainland

Latitude
60.26667° or 60° 16′ north
Longitude
-1.26667° or 1° 16′ west
Population
18,800
Elevation
249 feet (76 metres)
Open location code
9CGW7P8M+M8
Geo­Names ID
2643175
Wiki­data ID
Q738734
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Satellite Map

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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”
  • Latin: “Mainlandia”
  • Lithuanian: “Meinlandas (Šetlando salos)”
  • Lithuanian: “Meinlandas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mainland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shetland Mainland”
  • Norwegian: “Mainland”
  • Polish: “Mainland”
  • Portuguese: “Mainland”
  • Russian: “Мейнленд”
  • Scots: “Mainland, Shetland”
  • Scots: “Mainland”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Mòr-thìr, Sealtainn”
  • Serbian: “Мејнленд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mainland”
  • Slovak: “Mainland”
  • 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

Discover other places named “Mainland”.

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Catfirth and Weisdale.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Clingera and Hill of Skurron.

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Worth a closer look: Lerwick and Fair Isle.

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