Colsay
Colsay is an uninhabited island off the South West coast of Mainland, Shetland. Fora Ness lies to the south, across the Muckle Sound. The highest elevation is 44 metres, and there is an ancient cairn on the summit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Ninian’s Chapel and Loch of Spiggie.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bigton and Levenwick.
Bigton
Village
Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bigton is a small settlement on South Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. Bigton is within the civil parish of Dunrossness. Bigton lies on the Atlantic coast of the island overlooking St Ninian's Isle and within view is the island of Burra, further to the north. Bigton is situated 2 miles northeast of Colsay.
Levenwick
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Levenwick is a small village about 17 miles south of Lerwick, on the east side of the South Mainland of Shetland, Scotland. It is part of the parish of Dunrossness and the Levenwick Health Centre provides medical support for the Dunrossness area.It contains a local hall that you can hire and a campsite. Levenwick is situated 3½ miles northeast of Colsay.
Colsay
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.95211° or 59° 57′ 8″ northLongitude
-1.35743° or 1° 21′ 27″ westElevation
197 feet (60 metres)Open location code
9CFWXJ2V+R2OpenStreetMap ID
way 289639498OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
2652529Wikidata ID
Q5149364
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Colsay” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Colsay”
- Cebuano: “Colsay Island”
- Cebuano: “Colsay”
- Dutch: “Colsay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Colsay”
- Swedish: “Colsay Island”
- Swedish: “Colsay”
- Ukrainian: “Колсей”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Vanlop and Spiggie.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Beach of Spiggie and Sweyn Holm.
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