Brei Wick
Brei Wick is a bay in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Brei Wick is situated nearby to the locality Houll, as well as near the hamlet Skaw.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include RRH Saxa Vord and Out Stack.
RRH Saxa Vord
Peak
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Remote Radar Head Saxa Vord or RRH Saxa Vord, is a Royal Air Force radar station located on the island of Unst, the most northern of the Shetland Islands in Scotland.
Out Stack
Islet
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Unst is the most northerly inhabited island of the Shetland Islands, north of mainland Scotland, with a population of 632 in 2011. Life here was traditionally based on herring fishing: the herring now are sparse but small-scale fishing continues, along with sheep farming.
Muckle Flugga Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Muckle Flugga lighthouse punctuates the rocky stack of Muckle Flugga, in Shetland, Scotland. Originally called North Unst Lighthouse, it was renamed in 1964.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skaw and Burrafirth.
Skaw
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skaw is a settlement in the Scottish archipelago of Shetland, located on the island of Unst. It is located north of Haroldswick on a peninsula in the northeast corner of the island, and is the most northerly settlement in the United Kingdom.
Burrafirth
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burrafirth links is a strip of land with a few houses on the island of Unst, Shetland, Scotland. It separates the fjord Burra Firth from the Loch of Cliff.
Haroldswick
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haroldswick or Harold's Wick, is on Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, and is one of the most northerly settlements in the British Isles.
Brei Wick
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.83495° or 60° 50′ 6″ northLongitude
-0.8262° or 0° 49′ 34″ westElevation
112 feet (34 metres)Open location code
9CGXR5MF+XGOpenStreetMap ID
node 8691003143OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2654796
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