Linga
Linga is a small, uninhabited island, 1 km east of Muckle Roe in the Shetland Islands. The island is roughly circular in shape and its highest elevation is 69 metres. Its area is 70 hectares.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Busta Voe east of Muckle Roe in the Shetland Islands
- Also known as: “Linga, Busta Voe”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Papa Little.
Papa Little
Island
Photo: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Papa Little is an island in St Magnus Bay, Shetland, Scotland. The island lies at the head of Aith Voe in north west Mainland, Shetland, south of Muckle Roe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brae and Mavis Grind.
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.
Mavis Grind
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Clousta
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clousta is a hamlet on Mainaland, in the island's west, Shetland, Scotland. Approximately seventy people live here, many of whom are commuters, but local industries include mussel farming, and crofting. Clousta is in the parish of Sandsting. Clousta is situated 5 miles southwest of Linga.
Linga
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.35697° or 60° 21′ 25″ northLongitude
-1.36051° or 1° 21′ 38″ westOpen location code
9CGW9J4Q+QQOpenStreetMap ID
way 8590910OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Linga” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة لينغا (إسكتلندا)”
- Arabic: “جزيرة لينغا”
- Arabic: “لينجا : ماكل رو”
- Basque: “Linga (Muckle Roe)”
- Basque: “Linga”
- Cebuano: “Linga, Busta Voe”
- Cebuano: “Linga”
- Chinese: “林加岛”
- Chinese: “林加島”
- French: “Linga”
- German: “Linga”
- Japanese: “リンガ島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Linga ved Muckle Roe”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Linga, Muckle Roe”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Linga”
- Swedish: “Linga, Busta Voe”
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