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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  • Town with about 1,240 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 200 feet (60 metres)
  • Description: village in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK

Places of Interest

Highlights include Scalloway Castle and Green Holm.
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Castle
is a tower house in Scalloway, on the…
Islet
, is a small uninhabited island 500 metres…
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Islet
is the collective name for two uninhabited islands off , in Shetland, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gulberwick and Quarff.
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Village
is a village on , 2.5 mi southwest… is situated 2½ miles east of Scalloway.
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Village
is a small village on in the Shetland Islands in Scotland. is situated 3 miles southeast of Scalloway.
Hamlet
is a small peninsula north of Scalloway in the , .

Scalloway

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Latitude
60.1371° or 60° 8′ 14″ north
Longitude
-1.2753° or 1° 16′ 31″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB SWY
Open location code
9CGW4PPF+VV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1707717119
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2638439
Wiki­data ID
Q1014090

Satellite Map

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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”
  • Northern Frisian: “Scalloway”
  • 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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