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Linga

Linga is a small island off in the Shetland Islands. It is one of the Scalloway Islands. Haswell-Smith compares Hildasay and the adjacent islands to a yeti's footprint, with Linga as the big toe.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island near Hildasay, Shetland Islands, Scotland, one of the Scalloway Islands
  • Also known as: “Linga Island” and “Linga, Scalloway Islands”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hildasay and Langa.

Island
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, also known as Hildisay, is an uninhabited off the west coast of the Shetland Mainland.

Islet
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is the collective name for two uninhabited islands off , in Shetland, Scotland. The islands are connected by a tombolo and are separated at high tide. It is not to be confused with the numerous islands called "Linga" in Shetland.

Islet
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is an uninhabited island in the Scalloway Islands, , . lies north west of Burra and east of in the Shetland Islands. The population was 20 in 1871, 14 in 1881 and 23 in 1891.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burwick and Scalloway.

Hamlet
is a small peninsula north of in the , . The Hill of rises to 107 metres, the Ness of is a headland that guards the bay of Bur Wick, and Holm is a small island with an elevation of about 10 metres, just off shore in the Scalloway Islands. is situated 2 miles east of Linga.

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is a fishing village in the . It was the capital of these islands until 1708 when Lerwick supplanted it. The population in 2011 was 900.

Village
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is a village on , 2.5 mi southwest of , , Scotland, which contains approximately 200 houses. In recent years the number of houses in the area has increased due to its nearness to Shetland's capital and biggest town, Lerwick. is situated 5 miles east of Linga.

Linga

Latitude
60.13939° or 60° 8′ 22″ north
Longitude
-1.35118° or 1° 21′ 4″ west
Open location code
9CGW4JQX+QG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 163692413
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
2644467
Wiki­data ID
Q6553721
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Linga” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Linga Island (pulo sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Scotland, Shetland Islands, lat 60,13, long -1,35)”
  • Cebuano: “Linga, Scalloway Islands”
  • Dutch: “Linga, Hildasay”
  • German: “Linga”
  • Italian: “Linga”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Linga ved Hildasay”
  • Swedish: “Linga, Scalloway Islands”
  • Swedish: “Linga”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hogg of Lings and Hogg of Hildesay.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Linga”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.