Housa Voe
Housa Voe is a bay in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Housa Voe is situated nearby to the hamlet Biggings, as well as near the locality Melby.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Papa Stour Island and Brei Holm.
Papa Stour Island
Island
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Papa Stour is one of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, with a population of fifteen people, some of whom immigrated after an appeal for residents in the 1970s.
Brei Holm
Islet
Brei Holm is a tiny tidal islet in the western Shetland Islands. It is due east of Papa Stour, to which it is connected at low tide, just outside Housa Voe.
Forewick Holm
Islet
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Forewick Holm is a 1-hectare island in the Sound of Papa, between Papa Stour and the Mainland of Shetland. It lies adjacent to a skerry called Scarf's Head, and the two are connected at low tide.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Biggings and Sandness.
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.
Sandness
Hamlet
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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. Sandness is situated 2½ miles south of Housa Voe.
Huxter
Hamlet
Photo: Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huxter is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ miles south of Housa Voe.
Housa Voe
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.33333° or 60° 20′ northLongitude
-1.66667° or 1° 40′ westOpen location code
9CGW88MM+88GeoNames ID
2646514
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