Fetlar
Fetlar is one of the North Isles of Shetland, Scotland, with a usually resident population of 61 at the time of the 2011 census and 66 in 2022. Its main settlement is Houbie on the south coast, home to the Fetlar Interpretive Centre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Petlar Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Haltadans and Urie Lingey.
Haltadans
Archaeological site
Photo: Ken Craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haltadans, also known as Fairy Ring or Haltadans stone circle, is a stone circle on the island of Fetlar in Shetland, Scotland. This site is a ring of 38 stones, of which 22 are still fixed in the soil, and it is 11 metres in diameter.
Urie Lingey
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Urie Lingey is one of the Shetland Islands. It is between Fetlar and Unst, and Yell is to the west. Urie Lingey is situated 2 miles northwest of Fetlar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Houbie and Tresta.
Tresta
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tresta is a hamlet, which is situated 1½ miles south of Fetlar.
Aith
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aith is a hamlet, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Fetlar.
Fetlar
- Category: landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Fetlar from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Fetlar” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Fetlar”
- Catalan: “Fetlar”
- Cebuano: “Fetlar Island”
- Cebuano: “Fetlar”
- Chinese: “費特勒島”
- Danish: “Fetlar”
- Dutch: “Fetlar”
- Faroese: “Fetlar”
- French: “Fetlar”
- German: “Fetlar”
- Greek: “Φέτλαρ”
- Hebrew: “פטלאר”
- Hungarian: “Fetlar”
- Icelandic: “Fetlar”
- Italian: “Fetlar”
- Japanese: “フェトラー島”
- Lithuanian: “Fetlaras”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fetlar”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fetlar”
- Norwegian: “Fetlar”
- Polish: “Fetlar”
- Russian: “Фетлар”
- Scots: “Fetlar”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Fetlar”
- Spanish: “Fetlar”
- Swahili: “Fetlar”
- Swedish: “Fetlar”
- Ukrainian: “Фетлар”
- Welsh: “Fetlar”
- Western Panjabi: “فٹلر”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Busta Pund and Fetlar.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vord Hill and Funzie Girt.
Shetland Islands: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Lerwick, Fair Isle, Unst, and Yell.
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