Wick of Belmont
Wick of Belmont is a bay in Shetland Islands, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Linga and Uyea.
Linga
Islet
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Linga is a small uninhabited island in the Bluemull Sound, Shetland, Scotland. It is one of many islands in Shetland called Linga. It has an area of 45 ha and is 26m at its highest point.
Uyea
Island
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Uyea is an uninhabited tidal island located to the northwest of Mainland, Shetland. Uyea lies off the Northmavine peninsula, from where it can be reached by foot at low tide.
Sound Gruney
Islet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sound Gruney is one of the Shetland islands. It lies about 1.5 kilometres north of Hamars Ness on Fetlar, south of Unst, and to the east of Yell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uyeasound and Cullivoe.
Uyeasound
Hamlet
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Uyeasound is a village on the Isle of Unst, the northernmost island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It takes its name from the neighbouring strait of the same name, which looks over to the Isle of Uyea.
Cullivoe
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cullivoe, is a village on Yell in the Shetland Islands. It is in the north east of the island, near Bluemull Sound, not far from Unst. Cullivoe is a fishing port, and was formerly the ferry terminal for Unst, before ro-ro ferries - the terminal is now at Gutcher.
Belmont
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belmont is a settlement and ferry terminal in southern Unst in the Shetland Islands. The ferry crosses Bluemull Sound from here to Gutcher in Yell and to Hamars Ness in Fetlar. Belmont House, a Georgian mansion built in 1775 by Thomas Mouat, was restored by Historic Scotland amongst others, and opened to the public in 2011.
Wick of Belmont
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.6827° or 60° 40′ 58″ northLongitude
-0.9715° or 0° 58′ 18″ westOpen location code
9CGXM2MH+39OpenStreetMap ID
node 8936099413OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Belmont Ferry Terminal and Hoga Ness, Broch.
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