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Sumburgh Airport

Aerodrome

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Sumburgh Airport is the main airport serving the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is located on the southern tip of the mainland in the parish of Dunrossness, 20 miles south of Lerwick.

Lady’s Holm

Islet

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Lady's Holm is an island off southern Mainland in the Shetland Islands. It is not to be confused with the Maiden Stack, which is also known as "Frau Stack" It is to the west of Scat Ness and the village of Scatness, a headland on Mainland, and there is also another islet nearby, Little Holm. Sumburgh Airport is about a mile northeast. Lady’s Holm is situated 2 miles southwest of Punds.

Little Holm

Islet

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Little Holm is a small island to the west of South Mainland in Shetland. It is near Scatness and Lady's Holm. A trawler was wrecked there in 1916. Little Holm is situated 2 miles southwest of Punds.

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Exnaboe

Hamlet

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Exnaboe, locally referred to as 'bö', is a settlement in the Virkie area of the parish of Dunrossness, South Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, overlooking Sumburgh Airport, and the Pool of Virkie.

Sumburgh

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Sumburgh is a village near the southern tip of Mainland in the Shetland Islands, with a population in 2011 of about 100. Its main attraction is Jarlshof, continuously inhabited for 4000 years.

Toab

Village

Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Toab is the southernmost village on Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. It is part of Virkie and overlooks Sumburgh Airport. Toab is within the parish of Dunrossness. The name Toab may come from the old Norse hópr or hóp meaning a small landlocked bay or lagoon.

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