Lerwick Port

Lerwick Port is a port in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Lerwick Port is situated nearby to Lerwick Power Station, as well as near Shetland Museum.

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Highlights include Shetland Museum and Lerwick Power Station.

Shetland Museum

Museum

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The Shetland Museum and Archives is a museum in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland. The new Shetland Museum at Hay's Dock was officially opened on 31 May 2007 by Queen Sonja of Norway and the Duke & Duchess of Rothesay. Shetland Museum is situated 2,800 feet southeast of Lerwick Port.

Lerwick Power Station

Power station

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The main power supply for Shetland is provided by Lerwick Power Station, located in Gremista, 2 kilometres northwest of Lerwick town centre. This is the principal source of electrical energy for Shetland. Lerwick Power Station is situated 1,400 feet northwest of Lerwick Port.

Fort Charlotte

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Fort Charlotte in the centre of Lerwick, Shetland, is an artillery fort, roughly five sided, with bastions on each of three landward corners, and half-bastions on the corners of the seaward face. Fort Charlotte is situated 4,000 feet southeast of Lerwick Port.