Foula

Foula is one of the , some 20 miles out into the Atlantic west of Shetland Mainland. In 2011 it had a population of 30.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: Foula Island

Places of Interest

Highlights include Foula Airport and Da Sneug.

Aerodrome
Foula Airfield is an airfield located on the remote island of Foula, part of the Shetland Islands in the north of .

Peak
is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ham and South Ness.

Hamlet
is a hamlet.

Locality
is a locality.

Locality
is a locality.

Foula

Latitude
60.1382° or 60° 8′ 17″ north
Longitude
-2.0745° or 2° 4′ 28″ west
Population
38
Elevation
161 feet (49 metres)
IATA airport code
FOA
United Nations Location Code
GB FOA
Open location code
9CGV4WQG+76
Geo­Names ID
2649152
Wiki­data ID
Q932332
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Foula” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Foula
  • Catalan: Foula
  • Cebuano: Foula
  • Chinese: 富拉岛
  • Chinese: 富拉島
  • Czech: Foula
  • Danish: Foula
  • Dutch: Foula
  • Egyptian Arabic: فولا
  • Estonian: Foula
  • Faroese: Foula
  • French: Foula
  • French: Île de Foula
  • German: Foula
  • Greek: Φούλα
  • Hebrew: פאולה
  • Hebrew: פולה (אי)
  • Hebrew: פולה
  • Hungarian: Foula
  • Irish: Foula
  • Irish: Fughlaigh
  • Italian: Foula
  • Japanese: フーラ島
  • Lithuanian: Fula
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Foula
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Foula
  • Norwegian: Foula
  • Polish: Foula
  • Portuguese: Foula
  • Russian: Фула
  • Scots: Foula
  • Scottish Gaelic: Foula
  • Scottish Gaelic: Fughlaigh
  • Slovak: Foula
  • Slovenian: Foula
  • Spanish: Foula
  • Swedish: Foula
  • Turkish: Foula
  • Ukrainian: Фула (острів)
  • Ukrainian: Фула
  • Welsh: Foula

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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 “Foula”. Photo: Ronnie Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.