Huxter Baas
Huxter Baas is a reef in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Huxter Baas is situated nearby to the locality Melby, as well as near the hamlet Sandness.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch of Huxter, broch and Loch of Huxter.
Loch of Huxter, broch
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch of Huxter, broch is an archaeological site.
Holm of Melby
Islet
Photo: Alan Bowring, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holm of Melby is a small uninhabited island off Mainland, Shetland in Scotland. It lies in the Sound of Papa just offshore from the settlement of Melby in the district of Sandness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huxter and Sandness.
Sandness
Hamlet
Photo: Cwcoutts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandness is a headland and district in the west of Shetland Mainland, Scotland. Sandness was a civil parish, which also included the island of Papa Stour a mile northwest across Papa Sound.
Biggings
Hamlet
Photo: Mark Stockdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Biggings is a village on the island of Papa Stour, in Shetland, Scotland. Papa Stour's church is situated at the south of Biggings. A homestead of Duke Haakon of Norway is thought to have been at Biggings, and archaeological digs have discovered the remains of a substantial Norse house, dating to around the 12th or 13th century. Biggings is situated 2 miles north of Huxter Baas.
Huxter Baas
- Type: Reef
- Also known as: “Hunter Baas”
- Category: landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.3° or 60° 18′ northLongitude
-1.68333° or 1° 41′ westElevation
318 feet (97 metres)Open location code
9CGW8828+2MGeoNames ID
2646330
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Sound of Papa and Ness of Melby.
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