Virdins

Places of Interest

Sullom Voe

Islet

Photo: Robert Bone, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sullom Voe is an eight-mile-long voe or inlet off Yell Sound in the Shetland Islands. It divides the Northmavine peninsula from the remainder of Mainland.

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Hillswick

Photo: Chris Combe, CC BY 2.0.

Hillswick is a small village on the Mainland of the Shetland Islands. It's the main settlement on the Northmavine peninsula, connected to the rest of Mainland by the road along Mavis Grind, the narrow isthmus by the village of Brae - so narrow you can almost hurl a stone from the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea side.

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. Mavis Grind is situated 5 miles south of Virdins.

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.

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