Hildasay
Hildasay, also known as Hildisay, is an uninhabited island off the west coast of the Shetland Mainland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Linga and Langa.
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.
Langa
Islet
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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.
Cheynies
Islet
The Cheynies are a group of reefs and small islands, between Oxna and Hildasay in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. They have been considerably eroded in the historic past, and some of the islands are still connected at low tides.
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.
Haggersta
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haggersta is a village, which is situated 5 miles northeast of Hildasay.
Hildasay
- Type: Island
- Description: uninhabited island off the west coast of Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.14585° or 60° 8′ 45″ northLongitude
-1.35994° or 1° 21′ 36″ westOpen location code
9CGW4JWR+82OpenStreetMap ID
way 41105627OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Hildasay” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Hildasay”
- Cebuano: “Hildasay Island”
- Cebuano: “Hildasay”
- Chinese: “赫达塞岛”
- Chinese: “赫達塞島”
- Danish: “Hildasay”
- Dutch: “Hildasay”
- French: “Hildasay”
- Italian: “Hildasay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hildasay”
- Scots: “Hildasay”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Hildasay”
- Swedish: “Hildasay Island”
- Swedish: “Hildasay”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sandy Voe and Harpa.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Old Granite Quarry and Hogg of Hildesay.
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