Bressay
The island of Bressay is in the Shetland Islands just east of Mainland, and is the most accessible island from Lerwick. It's a peaceful place of lochs and sea caves, arches and migrating birds that is great for hikes, panoramas, historical sites, and wildlife.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ronnie Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isle of Noss and Broch of Cullingsburgh.
Isle of Noss
Island
Photo: Peter Wyatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Isle of Noss or Noss is a small, previously inhabited island in Shetland, Scotland. Noss is separated from the island of Bressay by the narrow Noss Sound.
Broch of Cullingsburgh
Archaeological site
Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Broch of Cullingsburgh is an Iron Age broch located in the Shetland islands.
Fort Charlotte
Photo: Lrs1572, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Fort Charlotte in the centre of Lerwick, Shetland, is an artillery fort, roughly five sided, with bastions on each of three landward corners, and half-bastions on the corners of the seaward face.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lerwick and Sound.
Lerwick
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lerwick is the largest town and capital of the Shetland Islands, with a population of 6760 in 2022. It's the obvious base for touring Shetland.
Sound
Quarter
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lerwick is the largest town and capital of the Shetland Islands, with a population of 6760 in 2022. It's the obvious base for touring Shetland.
Bressay
- Type: Island
- Description: populated island in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Bressay” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bressay”
- Catalan: “Bressay”
- Cebuano: “Bressay Island”
- Cebuano: “Bressay”
- Chinese: “布雷塞岛”
- Chinese: “布雷塞島”
- Danish: “Bressay”
- Dutch: “Bressay”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بريساى”
- Faroese: “Bressay”
- French: “Bressay”
- German: “Bressay”
- Greek: “Μπρέσεϊ”
- Hebrew: “בריסיי”
- Italian: “Bressay”
- Japanese: “ブレセー島”
- Japanese: “ブレセイ島”
- Lithuanian: “Bresėjus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bressay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bressay”
- Norwegian: “Bressay”
- Polish: “Bressay”
- Portuguese: “Bressay”
- Russian: “Брессей”
- Scots: “Bressa”
- Scots: “Bressay”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bressay”
- Spanish: “Bressay”
- Swahili: “Bressay”
- Swedish: “Bressay”
- Ukrainian: “Брессей”
- Welsh: “Bressay”
- Western Panjabi: “برسے”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Bressay”. Photo: Ronnie Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.