L A Larsen and The Shetland Bus Plaque
L A Larsen and The Shetland Bus Plaque is a memorial in Shetland Islands, Scotland. L A Larsen and The Shetland Bus Plaque is situated nearby to the church Scalloway Kirk, as well as near Scalloway Post Office.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
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. Scalloway Castle is situated 1,500 feet southeast of L A Larsen and The Shetland Bus Plaque.
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 1½ miles west of L A Larsen and The Shetland Bus Plaque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scalloway and Burwick.
Scalloway
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 L A Larsen and The Shetland Bus Plaque.
L A Larsen and The Shetland Bus Plaque
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.13715° or 60° 8′ 14″ northLongitude
-1.2815° or 1° 16′ 53″ westInception
1991Open location code
9CGW4PP9+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 6925182013OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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