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Brae

Brae is on Mainland of the . It was a tiny fishing village then grew rapidly in the 1970s with the construction of Sullom Voe oil terminal, and in 2011 the population was 856.
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  • Type: Village with 727 residents
  • Description: settlement on the mainland of the Shetland Islands in Scotland
  • Also known as: “Brae, Shetland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Linga.

Island
is a small, uninhabited island, 1 km east of in the Shetland Islands. The island is roughly circular in shape and its highest elevation is 69 metres. Its area is 70 hectares. is situated 2½ miles south of Brae.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mavis Grind.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a narrow isthmus joining the peninsula to the rest of the island of in the Shetland Islands, . It is just over 90 metres at its narrowest point.

Brae

Latitude
60.3963° or 60° 23′ 47″ north
Longitude
-1.3537° or 1° 21′ 13″ west
Population
727
Elevation
118 feet (36 metres)
Open location code
9CGW9JWW+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1838155615
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2654970
Wiki­data ID
Q1010066
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Brae” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Brae”
  • Bulgarian: “Брае”
  • Cebuano: “Brae”
  • Danish: “Brae”
  • Dutch: “Brae”
  • French: “Brae”
  • German: “Brae”
  • Irish: “Brae”
  • Japanese: “ブレー”
  • Persian: “برائه”
  • Romanian: “Brae”
  • Russian: “Брей”
  • Spanish: “Brae”
  • Swedish: “Brae”
  • Welsh: “Brae”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Brae”. Photo: Ronnie Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.