Bigga
Bigga is an uninhabited island in the Yell Sound between the Mainland and Yell in Shetland, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: an uninhabited island in the Yell Sound between the Mainland and Yell in Shetland, Scotland
- Also known as: “Bigga, Shetland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Uynarey and Brother Isle.
Uynarey
Islet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Uynarey is one of the Shetland islands in Yell Sound, just to the north of Bigga, and east of Brother Island. It is an RSPB reserve. The name comes from the Norse for "venerated island", and this may reflect a Culdee connection.
Brother Isle
Islet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brother Isle is a small, uninhabited island in Shetland, Scotland. It lies between the islands of Yell and Shetland Mainland. It is 40 hectares in size.
Samphrey
Island
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Samphrey is an uninhabited island in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. One of Fair Isle's old names is "Friðarey" which is of similar origin. It is situated in the southern end of Yell Sound, between the Mainland, Shetland at Mossbank and the island of Yell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ulsta and Copister.
Ulsta
Village
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Ulsta is a village in the south-west of the island of Yell, Shetland, Scotland. North Ness Hall is the local community facility. The car ferry to Toft on Mainland, Shetland leaves from here.
Copister
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Copister is a village in Yell. It is a former centre for haaf net fishing, and has a shingle beach.
Burravoe
Village
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Burravoe is a community on the north shore of Burra Voe, in the south-east part of the island of Yell in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The name Burravoe is derived from the Old Norse Borgavágr, meaning, broch bay. Burravoe is situated 4½ miles east of Bigga.
Bigga
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.49403° or 60° 29′ 39″ northLongitude
-1.19144° or 1° 11′ 29″ westOpen location code
9CGWFRV5+JCOpenStreetMap ID
way 8591087OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Bigga” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bigga (Shetland)”
- Basque: “Bigga”
- Bulgarian: “Бига (остров)”
- Bulgarian: “Бига”
- Cebuano: “Bigga Island”
- Cebuano: “Bigga, Scotland”
- Chinese: “比格加島”
- French: “Bigga (Ecosse)”
- French: “Bigga (Écosse)”
- French: “Bigga”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bigga i Shetland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bigga”
- Polish: “Bigga”
- Russian: “Бигга”
- Scots: “Bigga, Shetland”
- Scots: “Bigga”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bigga, Sealtainn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bigga”
- Swedish: “Bigga”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Norrabister and Out-ton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fugla Ness Broch and Ulsta.
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