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Belmont

Belmont is a settlement and ferry terminal in southern in the Shetland Islands. The ferry crosses from here to in Yell and to in . , a Georgian mansion built in 1775 by Thomas Mouat, was restored by Historic Scotland amongst others, and opened to the public in 2011.
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Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: village on Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Belmont, Shetland” and “Belmont, Unst”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Belmont House and Linga.

Building
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a neo-classical Georgian country house estate on the island of , the most northerly of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. It was constructed in 1775 by Shetland landowner Thomas Mouat of Garth who was a local Shetlander.

Islet
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is a small uninhabited island in the , , Scotland. It is one of many islands in Shetland called . It has an area of 45 ha and is 26m at its highest point.

Island
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is an uninhabited tidal island located to the northwest of , . lies off the peninsula, from where it can be reached by foot at low tide. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Belmont.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gutcher and Uyeasound.

Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a settlement on the northeast coast of in the islands. From here, rollon/roll off ferry services to Belmont on and Hamars Ness on operate. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Belmont.

Hamlet
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is a village on the Isle of , the northernmost island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It takes its name from the neighbouring strait of the same name, which looks over to the Isle of . is situated 1½ miles east of Belmont.

Village
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is a settlement on the island of in the Shetland Islands, Scotland at or grid reference HP6000 and is situated just east of . The 9 ft 10 in Uyea Breck Standing Stone nearby is said to mark the spot where the son of the Viking Harald Harfager was killed some time around 900AD. is situated 2 miles east of Belmont.

Belmont

Latitude
60.68583° or 60° 41′ 9″ north
Longitude
-0.96131° or 0° 57′ 41″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
9CGXM2PQ+8F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 846903025
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2655947
Wiki­data ID
Q4884303
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Belmont” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Belmont”
  • Dutch: “Belmont, Shetland”
  • German: “Belmont (Shetland)”
  • German: “Belmont”
  • Hindi: “बेलमोंट”
  • Italian: “Belmont”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Belmont”
  • Norwegian: “Belmont”
  • Russian: “Белмонт (Анст)”
  • Russian: “Белмонт”
  • Spanish: “Belmont”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Belmont Viking Longhouse and Norse farmstead.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Belmont”. Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.