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.
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- …has about 18,800 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 250 feet (80 metres)
- Description: main island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as“Mainland Island”“Mainland, Shetland”“Shetland Mainland”
Places of Interest
Discover Tirsa Water.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huxter and Haggersta.
Mainland
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Latitude
60.26667° or 60° 16′ north
Longitude
-1.26667° or 1° 16′ west
Open location code
9CGW7P8M+M8
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Mainland” goes by many names.
مينلاندArabic
MainlandBasque
MainlandCatalan
MainlandCebuano
Mainland (pulo sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Scotland, Shetland Islands)Cebuano
梅恩兰岛Chinese
梅恩蘭島Chinese
MainlandCzech
MainlandDanish
MainlandDutch
Ŝetlanda ĈefinsuloEsperanto
MainlandEstonian
MainlandFaroese
Mainland, HetlandFaroese
MainlandFinnish
Mainland, ShetlandGalician
ΜέινλαντGreek
מיינלנדHebrew
MainlandHungarian
Shetland MainlandHungarian
MainlandIcelandic
MeginlandIcelandic
MainlandInterlingue
Mainland (Shetland)Interlingue
MainlandItalian
メインランド島Japanese
메인랜드Korean
MainlandiaLatin
MeinlandasLithuanian
Meinlandas (Šetlando salos)Lithuanian
MainlandNorthern Frisian
MainlandNorwegian
MainlandNorwegian Bokmål
Mainland på ShetlandNorwegian Bokmål
Mainland i ShetlandsøyaneNorwegian Nynorsk
Mainland ShetlandNorwegian Nynorsk
Shetland MainlandNorwegian Nynorsk
MainlandPolish
МейнлендRussian
MainlandScots
Mainland, ShetlandScots
Mòr-thìr, SealtainnScottish Gaelic
МејнлендSerbian
MainlandSerbo-Croatian
MainlandSlovak
ShetlandySlovak
MainlandSlovenian
MainlandSwedish
Mainland, ShetlandsöarnaSwedish
Mainland, ShetlandTurkish
МейнлендUkrainian
MainlandWelsh
مینلینڈ، شٹلینڈWestern Panjabi
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Localities in the Area
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