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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village on Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Mail, Shetland”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cunningsburgh and Aithsetter.
Cunningsburgh
Hamlet
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Cunningsburgh, formerly also known as Coningsburgh, is a new hamlet and ancient parish in the south of Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. The hamlet is on the coast, nine miles south-southwest of Lerwick, about halfway between there and Sumburgh Head.
Aithsetter
Village
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aithsetter is a village on the island of Mainland, in Shetland, Scotland. Aithsetter is in the parish of Dunrossness, towards the north end of the district of Cunningsburgh and formerly of that ancient parish. It is nearly 10 miles from Lerwick. Aithsetter is situated 1½ miles northeast of Mail.
Hoswick
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hoswick is a settlement in Sandwick in the south mainland of Shetland, Scotland, on the eastern part of the Dunrossness civil parish. It is separated from the rest of Sandwick by the Hoswick Burn and from Channerwick in the south by the hill on which the settlement is situated. Hoswick is situated 2½ miles south of Mail.
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.035° or 60° 2′ 6″ northLongitude
-1.22806° or 1° 13′ 41″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
9CGW2QMC+XQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1837970029OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to French—“Mail” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Mail”
- Dutch: “Mail”
- French: “Mail”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mail”. Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.