Symbister
Symbister is the largest village and port on Whalsay, an island in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland. The population in 1991 was 797. The focus of the village is the harbour, which is home to small fishing boats as well as large deep sea trawlers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Whalsay and West Linga.
Whalsay
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whalsay is one of the Shetland Islands, 5 miles northeast of the Shetland Mainland, with a population of 1061 in 2011. It makes its living from fishing and crofting, and is seldom visited by tourists though it's easily reached.
West Linga
Island
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West Linga is an uninhabited island located between Mainland and Whalsay in Shetland, Scotland.
Huxter Fort
Archaeological site
Photo: Robert Sandison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huxter Fort is an Iron Age fortification on the island of Whalsay, in the Shetland islands of Scotland, dating to around 300 BC. It is on an islet in the Loch of Huxter, connected to the shore by a causeway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huxter and Neap.
Huxter
Hamlet
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huxter is a crofting township in southeastern Whalsay in the parish of Nesting in the Shetland islands of Scotland.
Neap
Locality
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Neap is a small village in the east coast of the Mainland of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Neap is situated at the end of the road from Brettabister, through Housabister and Kirkabister. Neap is situated 3½ miles southwest of Symbister.
Symbister
- Type: Village with 797 residents
- Description: largest village and port on the island of Whalsay, Shetland
- Category: locality
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.34193° or 60° 20′ 31″ northLongitude
-1.02269° or 1° 1′ 22″ westPopulation
797Elevation
236 feet (72 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SYMOpen location code
9CGW8XRG+QWOpenStreetMap ID
node 773975890OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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