Looma Shun

Looma Shun is in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Looma Shun is situated nearby to the peak Clothister Hill, as well as near the archaeological site Broch 350m SSE of Burraland.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sullom Voe.

Sullom Voe

Islet

Photo: Robert Bone, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sullom Voe is an eight-mile-long voe or inlet off Yell Sound in the Shetland Islands. It divides the Northmavine peninsula from the remainder of Mainland. Sullom Voe is situated 2½ miles east of Looma Shun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mavis Grind and Brae.

Mavis Grind

Locality

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mavis Grind ( is a narrow isthmus joining the Northmavine peninsula to the rest of the island of Mainland in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is just over 90 metres at its narrowest point. Mavis Grind is situated 3½ miles south of Looma Shun.

Brae

Photo: Ronnie Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brae is on Mainland of the Shetland Islands. It was a tiny fishing village then grew rapidly in the 1970s with the construction of Sullom Voe oil terminal, and in 2011 the population was 856.

Hillswick

Photo: Chris Combe, CC BY 2.0.

Hillswick is a small village on the Mainland of the Shetland Islands. It's the main settlement on the Northmavine peninsula, connected to the rest of Mainland by the road along Mavis Grind, the narrow isthmus by the village of Brae - so narrow you can almost hurl a stone from the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea side.

Looma Shun

Type: Body of water
Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

60.44866° or 60° 26′ 55″ north

Longitude

-1.37966° or 1° 22′ 47″ west

Open location code

9CGWCJXC+F4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 173318674

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

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Highlights include Clothister Hill and Broch 350m SSE of Burraland.

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