Balta
Balta is an uninhabited island in Shetland, Scotland.Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, east of Unst
- Also known as: “Balta, Shetland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Balta Sound Lighthouse and Unst Airport.
Unst Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Unst Airport also called Baltasound Airport is an unlicensed airfield near Baltasound, on the island of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. The airfield has effectively been mothballed since 1996 and is now only used by the emergency services. Unst Airport is situated 1½ miles northwest of Balta.
Unst Bus Shelter
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Unst Bus Shelter, also known as Bobby's Bus Shelter, is a bus shelter and bus stop near the village of Baltasound, on the isle of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. Unst Bus Shelter is situated 2½ miles north of Balta.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hamar and Baltasound.
Hamar
Locality
Photo: Helspence, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hamar is a locality, which is situated 2 miles north of Balta.
Baltasound
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baltasound is the largest settlement on the island of Unst in Shetland, Scotland. It comes from the Old Norse man's name Balti. Unst is the most northerly inhabited island in the United Kingdom. Baltasound is situated 2½ miles northwest of Balta.
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. Haroldswick is situated 4 miles north of Balta.
Balta
- Category: landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Balta” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Balta (Shetland)”
- Basque: “Balta”
- Bulgarian: “Балта (остров)”
- Bulgarian: “Балта”
- Catalan: “Balta”
- Cebuano: “Balta Island”
- Cebuano: “Balta, Scotland”
- Chinese: “巴爾塔島”
- Danish: “Balta (Shetland)”
- Danish: “Balta”
- French: “Balta (Ecosse)”
- French: “Balta”
- French: “Baltey”
- German: “Balta”
- Italian: “Balta”
- Japanese: “バルタ島”
- Malayalam: “ബാൽറ്റ, ഷെറ്റ്ലാന്റ്”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Balta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Balta i Shetland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Balta”
- Norwegian: “Balta”
- Polish: “Balta”
- Russian: “Балтей (остров)”
- Russian: “Балтей”
- Scots: “Balta, Shetland”
- Scots: “Balta”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Balta, Sealtainn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Balta”
- Spanish: “Balta (isla)”
- Spanish: “Balta”
- Swedish: “Balta”
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