Hogg of Linga
Hogg of Linga is an island in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Hogg of Linga is situated nearby to the village Hamnavoe, as well as near the hamlet Burwick.Places of Interest
Highlights include Linga and Hildasay.
Linga
Islet
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Linga is a small island off Hildasay in the Shetland Islands. It is one of the Scalloway Islands. Haswell-Smith compares Hildasay and the adjacent islands to a yeti's footprint, with Linga as the big toe.
Hildasay
Island
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Hildasay, also known as Hildisay, is an uninhabited island off the west coast of the Shetland Mainland.
Papa
Islet
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Papa is an uninhabited island in the Scalloway Islands, Shetland, Scotland. Papa lies north west of Burra and east of Oxna in the Shetland Islands. The population was 20 in 1871, 14 in 1881 and 23 in 1891.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burwick and Scalloway.
Burwick
Hamlet
Burwick is a small peninsula north of Scalloway in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Hill of Burwick rises to 107 metres, the Ness of Burwick is a headland that guards the bay of Bur Wick, and Burwick Holm is a small island with an elevation of about 10 metres, just off shore in the Scalloway Islands. Burwick is situated 2½ miles east of Hogg of Linga.
Scalloway
Scalloway is a fishing village in the Shetland Islands. It was the capital of these islands until 1708 when Lerwick supplanted it. The population in 2011 was 900.
Quarff
Village
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Quarff is a small village on Mainland in the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is located on the main A970 road, 5 miles south of Shetland's only town, Lerwick. Quarff is situated 5 miles southeast of Hogg of Linga.
Hogg of Linga
- Type: Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.13828° or 60° 8′ 18″ northLongitude
-1.35571° or 1° 21′ 21″ westOpen location code
9CGW4JQV+8PGeoNames ID
13286108
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