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: Sheep Island

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fair Isle Airport and South Lighthouse.

Aerodrome
, is a regional located in Fair Isle, Shetland, Scotland. It is owned by the National Trust for Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stonybreck.

Village
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
United Nations Location Code
GB FIE
Open location code
9CFWG9J9+XX
Geo­Names ID
2649739
Wiki­data ID
Q762752
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Western Frisian—“Fair Isle” goes by many names.
  • 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: Fair Isle
  • Icelandic: Fjárey
  • Icelandic: Friðarey
  • Icelandic: Frjóey
  • Irish: Fara
  • Italian: Fair Isle
  • 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
  • Russian: Фэйр Айл
  • Russian: Фэйр-Айл
  • Russian: Фэр-Айл
  • Scots: Fair Isle
  • Scottish Gaelic: Fara, Sealtainn
  • Scottish Gaelic: Fara
  • Spanish: Fair Isle
  • Spanish: isla Fair
  • Spanish: Isla Fair
  • Swedish: Fair Isle
  • Swiss German: Fair Isle
  • Tosk Albanian: Fair Isle
  • Turkish: Fair Adası
  • Ukrainian: Фейр-Айсл
  • Ukrainian: Фер-Айл
  • Welsh: Fair Isle
  • Western Frisian: Fair Eilân
  • Western Frisian: Fair Isle

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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 “Fair Isle”. Photo: Dpaajones, CC BY-SA 3.0.