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Gorda Water

Gorda Water is a lake in , . Gorda Water is situated nearby to , as well as near .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Papa Stour Island and Papa Stour Airport.

Island
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Papa Stour is one of the Shetland Islands in , with a population of fifteen people, some of whom immigrated after an appeal for residents in the 1970s.

Aerodrome
Photo: Rude Health, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Papa Stour Airstrip is a small airstrip in the village of on the island of . , Scotland.

Islet
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 1-hectare island in the Sound of Papa, between and the of . It lies adjacent to a skerry called Scarf's Head, and the two are connected at low tide.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Biggings and Huxter.

Hamlet
Photo: Mark Stockdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the island of , in , Scotland. Papa Stour's church is situated at the south of . A homestead of Duke Haakon of Norway is thought to have been at , and archaeological digs have discovered the remains of a substantial Norse house, dating to around the 12th or 13th century.

Hamlet
Photo: Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ miles south of Gorda Water.

Hamlet
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is a headland and district in the west of Shetland Mainland, . was a civil parish, which also included the island of a mile northwest across Papa Sound. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Gorda Water.

Gorda Water

Latitude
60.33133° or 60° 19′ 53″ north
Longitude
-1.69672° or 1° 41′ 48″ west
Open location code
9CGW88J3+G8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 173383184
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Wiki­data ID
Q109186382
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