Green Holm
Green Holm, is a small uninhabited island 500 metres north of Burra Ness at the north end of the island of Burra and on the west side of the main shipping lane into Scalloway, in Shetland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Papa and Langa.
Papa
Islet
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Langa
Islet
Photo: Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Scalloway Castle
Castle
Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scalloway Castle is a tower house in Scalloway, on the Shetland Mainland, the largest island in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The tower was built in 1600 by Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney, during his brief period as de facto ruler of Shetland. Scalloway Castle is situated 1½ miles northeast of Green Holm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scalloway and Burwick.
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.
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. Burwick is situated 2 miles northeast of Green Holm.
Quarff
Village
Photo: Shimgray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quarff is a small village on Mainland in the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is located on the main A970 road, 5 miles south of Shetland's only town, Lerwick. Quarff is situated 3½ miles southeast of Green Holm.
Green Holm
- Type: Islet
- Description: island north of Burra, Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.12431° or 60° 7′ 28″ northLongitude
-1.31474° or 1° 18′ 53″ westOpen location code
9CGW4MFP+P4OpenStreetMap ID
way 169885384OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Green Holm” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Green Holm”
- Dutch: “Green Holm”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Green Holm”
- Swedish: “Green Holm”
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