North Skerry
North Skerry is an islet in Shetland Islands, Scotland.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Biggings.
Biggings
Hamlet
Photo: Mark Stockdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Biggings is a village on the island of Papa Stour, in Shetland, Scotland. Papa Stour's church is situated at the south of Biggings. A homestead of Duke Haakon of Norway is thought to have been at Biggings, and archaeological digs have discovered the remains of a substantial Norse house, dating to around the 12th or 13th century. Biggings is situated 6 miles southeast of North Skerry.
North Skerry
- Type: Islet
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.37608° or 60° 22′ 34″ northLongitude
-1.81526° or 1° 48′ 55″ westOpen location code
9CGW95GM+CVOpenStreetMap ID
way 128501446OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
11611181
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