East Burra
East Burra is one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is connected by a bridge to West Burra. With an area of 515 hectares it is the twelfth largest of the Shetland Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Fugla Ness Lighthouse.
Fugla Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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Fugla Ness Lighthouse is situated 2 miles northwest of East Burra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quarff and Scalloway.
Quarff
Village
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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 northeast of East Burra.
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.
Cunningsburgh
Hamlet
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Cunningsburgh, formerly also known as Coningsburgh, is a new hamlet and ancient parish in the south of Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. The hamlet is on the coast, nine miles south-southwest of Lerwick, about halfway between there and Sumburgh Head. Cunningsburgh is situated 4 miles southeast of East Burra.
East Burra
- Type: Island
- Description: one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland
- Category: landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“East Burra” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ekialdeko Burra”
- Cebuano: “East Burra Island”
- Cebuano: “East Burra”
- Chinese: “東巴拉島”
- Czech: “East Burra”
- Danish: “East Burra”
- Dutch: “East Burra”
- French: “Burra Est”
- French: “East Burra”
- German: “East Burra”
- Greek: “Ιστ Μπούρα”
- Italian: “East Burra”
- Japanese: “イースト・バラ島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “East Burra”
- Russian: “Ист-Берра”
- Scottish Gaelic: “East Burra”
- Swedish: “East Burra”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Toogs and Grunasound.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Easter Heog and Mid Field.
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