Virda Field
Virda Field is a peak in Shetland Islands, Scotland and has an elevation of 285 feet. Virda Field is situated nearby to the hamlet Hurdiback, as well as near Biggings.Places of Interest
Highlights include Papa Stour Island and Papa Stour Airport.
Papa Stour Island
Island
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Papa Stour is one of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, with a population of fifteen people, some of whom immigrated after an appeal for residents in the 1970s.
Papa Stour Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Rude Health, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Papa Stour Airstrip is a small airstrip in the village of Biggings on the island of Papa Stour. Shetland, Scotland.
Forewick Holm
Islet
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Forewick Holm is a 1-hectare island in the Sound of Papa, between Papa Stour and the Mainland of Shetland. It lies adjacent to a skerry called Scarf's Head, and the two are connected at low tide.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Biggings and Huxter.
Biggings
Hamlet
Photo: Mark Stockdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Biggings is a village on the island of Papa Stour, in Shetland, Scotland. Papa Stour's church is situated at the south of Biggings. A homestead of Duke Haakon of Norway is thought to have been at Biggings, and archaeological digs have discovered the remains of a substantial Norse house, dating to around the 12th or 13th century.
Sandness
Hamlet
Photo: Cwcoutts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandness is a headland and district in the west of Shetland Mainland, Scotland. Sandness was a civil parish, which also included the island of Papa Stour a mile northwest across Papa Sound.
Virda Field
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 285 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.3413° or 60° 20′ 29″ northLongitude
-1.7255° or 1° 43′ 32″ westElevation
285 feet (87 metres)Open location code
9CGW87RF+GQOpenStreetMap ID
node 11969315927OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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