Esha Ness

Esha Ness, also written Eshaness, is a peninsula on the west coast of , on the island of , . is located on the west coast of the peninsula, just south of Calder's Geo.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: peninsula in Northmavine, North Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Eshaness”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Loch of Houlland, broch, Villians of Ure and Esha Ness Lighthouse.

Archaeological site
Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an archaeological site.

Lighthouse
Photo: Unukorno, CC BY 4.0.
is situated at Esha Ness, on the peninsula in the north-west mainland of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It sometimes rendered as Eshaness Lighthouse.

Islet
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The is a small uninhabited islet off the south coast of Esha Ness, located in the north-west of , , . Its natural arch can be seen from the coast between Tangwick and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hillswick.

Photo: Chris Combe, CC BY 2.0.
is a small village on the Mainland of the . It's the main settlement on the Northmavine peninsula, connected to the rest of Mainland by the road along Mavis Grind, the narrow isthmus by the village of - so narrow you can almost hurl a stone from the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea side.

Esha Ness

Latitude
60.49076° or 60° 29′ 27″ north
Longitude
-1.6068° or 1° 36′ 25″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
9CGWF9RV+87
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1927639426
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
2649913
Wiki­data ID
Q17769789
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Satellite Map

Discover Esha Ness from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Esha Ness” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Esha Ness”
  • Danish: “Esha Ness”
  • German: “Esha Ness”
  • Japanese: “エシャネス”
  • Japanese: “シェトランド”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Esha Ness”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eshaness”
  • Norwegian: “Eshaness”
  • Swedish: “Esha Ness”
  • Swedish: “Eshaness”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Tangwick and Grind o da Navir.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cross Kirk and Sae Breck, broch 510m NW of Garderhouse.

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