Burra Dale

Burra Dale is a peak in , and has an elevation of 486 feet. Burra Dale is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the quarter .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lerwick Tingwall Airport and Tingwall Kirk.

Aerodrome
Tingwall Airport, also known as Lerwick/Tingwall Airport, is located in the valley, near the village of Gott, 4 NM northwest of in Mainland, , Scotland.

Church
is a church.

Castle
is a tower house in , on the , the largest island in the Shetland Islands of . The tower was built in 1600 by Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney, during his brief period as de facto ruler of Shetland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burwick and Scalloway.

Hamlet
is a small peninsula north of in the , . The Hill of rises to 107 metres, the Ness of is a headland that guards the bay of Bur Wick, and Holm is a small island with an elevation of about 10 metres, just off shore in the Scalloway Islands.

is a fishing village in the . It was the capital of these islands until 1708 when Lerwick supplanted it. The population in 2011 was 900.

Quarter
Lerwick is the largest town and capital of the , with a population of 6760 in 2022. It's the obvious base for touring Shetland.

Burra Dale

Latitude
60.16252° or 60° 9′ 45″ north
Longitude
-1.23611° or 1° 14′ 10″ west
Elevation
486 feet (148 metres)
Open location code
9CGW5Q77+2H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13382172803
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
12610854
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