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Baltasound

Baltasound is the largest settlement on the island of in , Scotland. It comes from the Old Norse man's name Balti. Unst is the most northerly inhabited island in the .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Unst and Unst Airport.

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is the most northerly inhabited island of the , 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.

Aerodrome
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also called Baltasound Airport is an unlicensed airfield near Baltasound, on the island of , Shetland Islands, Scotland. The airfield has effectively been mothballed since 1996 and is now only used by the emergency services.

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The , also known as Bobby's Bus Shelter, is a bus shelter and near the village of Baltasound, on the isle of , Shetland Islands, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hamar and Haroldswick.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 1½ miles east of Baltasound.

Hamlet
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or Harold's Wick, is on , Shetland Islands, , and is one of the most northerly settlements in the . is situated 2½ miles northeast of Baltasound.

Hamlet
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links is a strip of land with a few houses on the island of , , Scotland. It separates the fjord Burra Firth from the Loch of Cliff. is situated 3 miles north of Baltasound.

Baltasound

Latitude
60.7594° or 60° 45′ 34″ north
Longitude
-0.86132° or 0° 51′ 41″ west
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB BSN
Open location code
9CGXQ45Q+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 192549525
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2656431
Wiki­data ID
Q805562
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Baltasound” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Baltasound”
  • Chinese: “鮑爾塔桑德”
  • Danish: “Baltasound”
  • Dutch: “Baltasound”
  • French: “Baltasound”
  • German: “Baltasound”
  • Italian: “Baltasound”
  • Persian: “بالتاساوند”
  • Russian: “Болтасаунд”
  • Swedish: “Baltasound”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Baltasound Hall and Baltasound Post Office.

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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 “Baltasound”. Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.