Cure Holm
Cure Holm is an islet in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Cure Holm is situated nearby to the locality South Stromness, as well as near the village White Ness.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lerwick Tingwall Airport and Hoy.
Lerwick Tingwall Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tingwall Airport, also known as Lerwick/Tingwall Airport, is located in the Tingwall valley, near the village of Gott, 4 NM northwest of Lerwick in Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. Lerwick Tingwall Airport is situated 1½ miles east of Cure Holm.
Hoy
Islet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hoy is a small island in Weisdale Voe, an arm of the sea in the Shetland islands, Scotland. Nearby are the smaller islets of Hoggs of Hoy and Junk. The Sound of Hoy lies between Hoy and Strom Ness peninsula on the Shetland Mainland.
Flotta
Islet
Photo: David Nicolson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flotta is an island off the south west of Mainland, Shetland. The name may come from the Old Norse, flatey meaning flat island, and the island's highest point is only ten metres. It is in Weisdale Voe, and is to the south of Greena.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haggersta and Burwick.
Haggersta
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haggersta is a village, which is situated 2 miles north of Cure Holm.
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 south of Cure Holm.
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.
Cure Holm
- Type: Islet
- Also known as: “Cure holm”
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.18577° or 60° 11′ 9″ northLongitude
-1.29021° or 1° 17′ 25″ westElevation
249 feet (76 metres)Open location code
9CGW5PP5+8WOpenStreetMap ID
way 229406539OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
13286176
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