Loch of Aesha
Loch of Aesha is a lake in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Loch of Aesha is situated nearby to the peak Virda Field, as well as near Loch of Sholmawick.- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake on Papa Stour, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Loch of Aesher”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Papa Stour Island and Papa Stour Airport.
Papa Stour Island
Island
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Papa Stour is one of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, with a population of fifteen people, some of whom immigrated after an appeal for residents in the 1970s.
Papa Stour Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Rude Health, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Papa Stour Airstrip is a small airstrip in the village of Biggings on the island of Papa Stour. Shetland, Scotland.
Forewick Holm
Islet
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Forewick Holm is a 1-hectare island in the Sound of Papa, between Papa Stour and the Mainland of Shetland. It lies adjacent to a skerry called Scarf's Head, and the two are connected at low tide. Forewick Holm is situated 2½ miles southeast of Loch of Aesha.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Biggings and Huxter.
Biggings
Hamlet
Photo: Mark Stockdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Biggings is a village on the island of Papa Stour, in Shetland, Scotland. Papa Stour's church is situated at the south of Biggings. A homestead of Duke Haakon of Norway is thought to have been at Biggings, and archaeological digs have discovered the remains of a substantial Norse house, dating to around the 12th or 13th century. Biggings is situated 1½ miles east of Loch of Aesha.
Huxter
Hamlet
Photo: Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huxter is a hamlet, which is situated 3 miles southeast of Loch of Aesha.
Sandness
Hamlet
Photo: Cwcoutts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandness is a headland and district in the west of Shetland Mainland, Scotland. Sandness was a civil parish, which also included the island of Papa Stour a mile northwest across Papa Sound. Sandness is situated 3½ miles southeast of Loch of Aesha.
Loch of Aesha
- Category: lake
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.3344° or 60° 20′ 4″ northLongitude
-1.72541° or 1° 43′ 32″ westOpen location code
9CGW87MF+QROpenStreetMap ID
way 232490699OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q109186377
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