Fair Isle

Fair Isle is one of the . It lies 24 miles south of Shetland Mainland, midway between Shetland and Orkney, and vies with Foula for the title of Britain's most remote inhabited island.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island at the south of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Fair Eilân”, “Fjárey”, “Frjóey”, “Sheep Island”, and “Фэйр Айл”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Fair Isle Airport and South Lighthouse.

Aerodrome
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, is a regional located in Fair Isle, Shetland, Scotland.

Lighthouse
Photo: Ron Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lighthouse
Photo: Alan Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stonybreck.

Village
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is a village.

Fair Isle

Latitude
59.5324° or 59° 31′ 57″ north
Longitude
-1.63° or 1° 37′ 48″ west
Population
68
Elevation
207 feet (63 metres)
IATA airport code
FIE
UN/LOCODE
GB FIE
Open location code
9CFWG9J9+XX
Geo­Names ID
2649739
Wiki­data ID
Q762752
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Fair Isle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فير آيل”
  • Azerbaijani: “Fer adası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Feyr adası”
  • Basque: “Fair Isle”
  • Breton: “Fara”
  • Catalan: “Fair Isle”
  • Cebuano: “Fair Isle”
  • Chinese: “費爾島”
  • Chinese: “费尔岛”
  • Czech: “Fair Isle”
  • Danish: “Fair Isle”
  • Dutch: “Fair Isle”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فاير ايسل”
  • Faroese: “Fair Isle”
  • Finnish: “Fair Isle”
  • French: “Fair Isle”
  • German: “Fair Isle”
  • Greek: “Φερ”
  • Hebrew: “פייר אייל”
  • Hungarian: “Fair Isle”
  • Hungarian: “Fair-sziget”
  • Icelandic: “Friðarey”
  • Irish: “Fara”
  • Italian: “Isola di Fair”
  • Japanese: “フェア島”
  • Lithuanian: “Fero sala”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fair Isle”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fair Isle”
  • Norwegian: “Fair Isle”
  • Old Norse: “Friðarey”
  • Polish: “Fair Isle”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Fair”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Fair”
  • Romanian: “Fair Isle”
  • Russian: “Фэйр-Айл”
  • Russian: “Фэр-Айл”
  • Scots: “Fair Isle”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Fara, Sealtainn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Fara”
  • Spanish: “isla Fair”
  • Spanish: “Isla Fair”
  • Swedish: “Fair Isle”
  • Swiss German: “Fair Isle”
  • Turkish: “Fair Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Фейр-Айсл”
  • Ukrainian: “Фер-Айл”
  • Welsh: “Fair Isle”
  • Western Frisian: “Fair Isle”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Burrashield and Hoini.

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