Blackness Quay

Blackness Quay is a locality in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Blackness Quay is situated nearby to the quarter East Voe, as well as near the hamlet Scarfataing.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Scalloway Castle and Green Holm.

Scalloway Castle

Castle

Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Scalloway Castle is a tower house in Scalloway, on the Shetland Mainland, the largest island in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The tower was built in 1600 by Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney, during his brief period as de facto ruler of Shetland.

Green Holm

Islet

Green Holm, is a small uninhabited island 500 metres north of Burra Ness at the north end of the island of Burra and on the west side of the main shipping lane into Scalloway, in Shetland.

Langa

Islet

Photo: Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Langa is the collective name for two uninhabited islands off Hildasay, in Shetland, Scotland. The islands are connected by a tombolo and are separated at high tide. It is not to be confused with the numerous islands called "Linga" in Shetland. Langa is situated 2 miles west of Blackness Quay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scalloway and Burwick.

Scalloway

Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY 3.0.

Scalloway is a fishing village in the Shetland Islands. It was the capital of these islands until 1708 when Lerwick supplanted it. The population in 2011 was 900.

Burwick

Hamlet

Burwick is a small peninsula north of Scalloway in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Hill of Burwick rises to 107 metres, the Ness of Burwick is a headland that guards the bay of Bur Wick, and Burwick Holm is a small island with an elevation of about 10 metres, just off shore in the Scalloway Islands.

Gulberwick

Village

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gulberwick is a village on Mainland, 2.5 mi southwest of Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, which contains approximately 200 houses. In recent years the number of houses in the area has increased due to its nearness to Shetland's capital and biggest town, Lerwick. Gulberwick is situated 2½ miles east of Blackness Quay.

Blackness Quay

Type: Locality
Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

60.1338° or 60° 8′ 2″ north

Longitude

-1.27565° or 1° 16′ 32″ west

Open location code

9CGW4PMF+GP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3865942109

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

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