Lamba
Lamba is an uninhabited island in Yell Sound in Shetland. It lies 1.5 km north of the entrance to the Sullom Voe inlet and 1.4 kilometres east of the Mainland coastline near Ollaberry.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: john bateson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Lamba Island” and “Lamba, Shetland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Little Roe and Brother Isle.
Little Roe
Islet
Photo: john bateson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Roe is an island in Yell Sound in the Shetland Islands…
Brother Isle
Islet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brother Isle is a small, uninhabited island in Shetland, Scotland. It lies between the islands of Yell and Shetland Mainland. It is 40 hectares in size.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ulsta and West Sandwick.
Ulsta
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ulsta is a village in the south-west of the island of Yell, Shetland, Scotland. North Ness Hall is the local community facility. The car ferry to Toft on Mainland, Shetland leaves from here. Ulsta is situated 4½ miles east of Lamba.
West Sandwick
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Sandwick is a settlement on the island of Yell, Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is one of the few settlements in the west of the island. West Sandwick contains one of the major recreational beaches in Yell. West Sandwick is situated 6 miles northeast of Lamba.
Copister
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Copister is a village in Yell. It is a former centre for haaf net fishing, and has a shingle beach. Copister is situated 6 miles east of Lamba.
Lamba
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.51557° or 60° 30′ 56″ northLongitude
-1.2908° or 1° 17′ 27″ westOpen location code
9CGWGP85+6MOpenStreetMap ID
way 8591107OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Lamba” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lamba (Shetland)”
- Basque: “Lamba”
- Cebuano: “Lamba Island”
- Cebuano: “Lamba, Scotland”
- Chinese: “兰巴岛”
- Chinese: “蘭巴島”
- Danish: “Lamba (Shetland)”
- Danish: “Lamba”
- Dutch: “Lamba”
- French: “Lamba”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lamba”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lamba i Shetlandsøyane”
- Norwegian: “Lamba”
- Russian: “Ламба”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Lamba, Sealtainn”
- Swedish: “Lamba Island”
- Swedish: “Lamba”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ollaberry and North Collafirth.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ollaberry Churchyard and Ollaberry Church.
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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 “Lamba”. Photo: john bateson, CC BY-SA 2.0.