Lerwick
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.
- Town with about 6,880 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 40 feet (10 metres)
- …has the IATA airport code LSI
- Description: town and port on Shetland, and capital of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bressay and Shetland Museum.
Shetland Museum
The Shetland Museum and Archives is a museum in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sound and Gulberwick.
Sound
Lerwick is the largest town and capital of the Shetland Islands, with a population of 6760 in 2022.
Gulberwick
Gulberwick is a village on Mainland, 2.5 mi southwest… Gulberwick is situated 3 miles southwest of Lerwick.
Lerwick
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Latitude
60.1531° or 60° 9′ 11″ north
Longitude
-1.1427° or 1° 8′ 34″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB LER
Open location code
9CGW5V34+6W
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Lerwick” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ليرويك”
- Asturian: “Lerwick”
- Azerbaijani: “Lervik”
- Basque: “Lerwick”
- Belarusian: “Леруік”
- Bengali: “লারওয়িক”
- Catalan: “Lerwick”
- Cebuano: “Lerwick”
- Chinese: “勒域克”
- Chinese: “勒威克”
- Czech: “Lerwick”
- Danish: “Lerwick”
- Dutch: “Lerwick”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ليرويك”
- Esperanto: “Lerwick”
- Faroese: “Lerwick”
- Finnish: “Lerwick”
- French: “Lerwick”
- Galician: “Lerwick”
- German: “Lerwick”
- Greek: “Λέργουικ”
- Gujarati: “લેર્વિક”
- Hebrew: “לרוויק”
- Hungarian: “Lerwick”
- Icelandic: “Leirvík”
- Icelandic: “Lerwick”
- Ido: “Lerwick”
- Indonesian: “Lerwick”
- Irish: “Liùrabhaig”
- Italian: “Lerwick”
- Japanese: “ラーウィック”
- Kannada: “ಲೆರ್ವಿಕ್”
- Korean: “러윅”
- Latvian: “Lērika”
- Lithuanian: “Lervikas”
- Northern Frisian: “Lerwick”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lerwick”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lerwick”
- Norwegian: “Lerwick”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Lāmwic”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Lāmƿic”
- Ossetian: “Леруик”
- Persian: “لرویک”
- Polish: “Lerwick”
- Portuguese: “Lerwick”
- Romanian: “Lerwick”
- Russian: “Леруик”
- Scots: “Lerook”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Lerwick”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Liùrabhaig”
- Serbian: “Лервик”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lerwick”
- Slovak: “Lerwick”
- Slovenian: “Lerwick”
- South Azerbaijani: “لرویک”
- Spanish: “Lerwick”
- Swedish: “Lerwick”
- Tamil: “லெரிவிக்”
- Telugu: “లెర్విక్”
- Thai: “เลอร์วิก”
- Turkish: “Lerwick”
- Ukrainian: “Лервік”
- Urdu: “لیرویک”
- Welsh: “Lerwick”
- Western Frisian: “Lerwick”
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lanes and New Town.
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