Busta
Busta is a hamlet in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Busta is situated nearby to the hamlet Roesound, as well as near the locality Mavis Grind.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Linga.
Linga
Island
Linga is a small, uninhabited island, 1 km east of Muckle Roe in the Shetland Islands. The island is roughly circular in shape and its highest elevation is 69 metres. Its area is 70 hectares. Linga is situated 2 miles south of Busta.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mavis Grind and Brae.
Mavis Grind
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mavis Grind is a narrow isthmus joining the Northmavine peninsula to the rest of the island of Mainland in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is just over 90 metres at its narrowest point.
Brae
Photo: Ronnie Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brae is on Mainland of the Shetland Islands. It was a tiny fishing village then grew rapidly in the 1970s with the construction of Sullom Voe oil terminal, and in 2011 the population was 856.
Busta
- Type: Hamlet
- Historically known as: “Want of Busta”
- Category: locality
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.38403° or 60° 23′ 3″ northLongitude
-1.37645° or 1° 22′ 35″ westOpen location code
9CGW9JMF+JCOpenStreetMap ID
node 1838157933OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
6619444
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