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Scalloway

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

Highlights include Scalloway Castle and Green Holm.

Castle
Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a tower house in Scalloway, on the , the largest island in the Shetland Islands of . The tower was built in 1600 by Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney, during his brief period as de facto ruler of Shetland.

Islet
, 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 .

Islet
Photo: Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the collective name for two uninhabited islands off , 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gulberwick and Quarff.

Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on , 2.5 mi southwest of , , 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. is situated 2½ miles east of Scalloway.

Village
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is a small village on in the Shetland Islands in . It is located on the main A970 road, 5 miles south of Shetland's only town, . is situated 3 miles southeast of Scalloway.

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

Scalloway

Latitude
60.1371° or 60° 8′ 14″ north
Longitude
-1.2753° or 1° 16′ 31″ west
Population
1,180
Elevation
203 feet (62 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB SWY
Open location code
9CGW4PPF+VV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1707717119
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2638439
Wiki­data ID
Q1014090
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Satellite Map

Discover Scalloway from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Scalloway” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Scalloway”
  • Catalan: “Scalloway”
  • Cebuano: “Scalloway”
  • Danish: “Scalloway”
  • Dutch: “Scalloway”
  • Esperanto: “Scalloway”
  • Faroese: “Scalloway”
  • French: “Scalloway”
  • German: “Scalloway”
  • Hungarian: “Scalloway”
  • Icelandic: “Skálavogur”
  • Italian: “Scalloway”
  • Japanese: “スカロウェイ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Scalloway”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Scalloway”
  • Norwegian: “Scalloway”
  • Persian: “اسکالووی”
  • Russian: “Скалловей”
  • Russian: “Скаллоуэй”
  • Scots: “Scallowa”
  • Spanish: “Scalloway”
  • Swedish: “Scalloway”
  • Welsh: “Scalloway”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Scalloway”. Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY 3.0.