Skaw

Skaw is a settlement in the archipelago of Shetland, located on the island of . It is located north of on a peninsula in the northeast corner of the island, and is the most northerly settlement in the United Kingdom.
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  • Hamlet
  • …lies at an elevation of 3 feet (1 metre)
  • …is also known as “Skaw, Unst”
  • Description: settlement on the Shetland island of Unst

Places of Interest

Highlights include RRH Saxa Vord and Haroldswick Methodist Church.
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Remote Radar Head Saxa Vord or … is situated 1½ miles west of Skaw.
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is situated 2 miles southwest of Skaw.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haroldswick and Burrafirth.
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or Harold's Wick, is on , Shetland… is situated 3 miles southwest of Skaw.
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is a settlement on the island of , , Scotland. is situated 3½ miles southwest of Skaw.
Helspence, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a locality, which is situated 4½ miles south of Skaw.

Skaw

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Latitude
60.82506° or 60° 49′ 30″ north
Longitude
-0.79113° or 0° 47′ 28″ west
Open location code
9CGXR6G5+2G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1838250029
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
13282661
Wiki­data ID
Q598075

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Scots—“Skaw” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Skaw (Unst)”
  • Basque: “Skaw”
  • Catalan: “Skaw”
  • Chinese: “斯考島”
  • Dutch: “Skaw”
  • French: “Skaw”
  • German: “Skaw (Unst)”
  • German: “Skaw”
  • Italian: “Skaw”
  • Polish: “Skaw”
  • Scots: “Skaw”

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