Langa
Langa is the collective name for two uninhabited islands off Hildasay, 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Langa Island” and “Langa, Shetland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Linga and Hildasay.
Linga
Islet
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Linga is a small island off Hildasay 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.
Hildasay
Island
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Hildasay, also known as Hildisay, is an uninhabited island off the west coast of the Shetland Mainland.
Papa
Islet
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Papa is an uninhabited island in the Scalloway Islands, Shetland, Scotland. Papa lies north west of Burra and east of Oxna 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.
Burwick
Hamlet
Burwick is a small peninsula north of Scalloway in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Hill of Burwick rises to 107 metres, the Ness of Burwick is a headland that guards the bay of Bur Wick, and Burwick Holm is a small island with an elevation of about 10 metres, just off shore in the Scalloway Islands.
Scalloway
Scalloway is a fishing village in the Shetland Islands. It was the capital of these islands until 1708 when Lerwick supplanted it. The population in 2011 was 900.
Gulberwick
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gulberwick is a village on Mainland, 2.5 mi southwest of Lerwick, Shetland, 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. Gulberwick is situated 4 miles east of Langa.
Langa
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.13765° or 60° 8′ 16″ northLongitude
-1.32884° or 1° 19′ 44″ westOpen location code
9CGW4MQC+3FOpenStreetMap ID
way 41105647OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Langa” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Langa Island”
- Cebuano: “Langa, Scotland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Langa i Shetlandsøyane”
- Swedish: “Langa Island”
- Swedish: “Langa, Skottland”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Whaleback skerry and Papa Skerry.
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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 “Langa”. Photo: Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.