Radar
Radar is a tower in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Radar is situated near the peak The Compass, as well as near the scenic viewpoint End section 5/ Beginning section 6.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Sumburgh Airport and Sumburgh Head Lighthouse.
Sumburgh Airport
Aerodrome
Sumburgh Airport is the main airport serving the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is located on the southern tip of the mainland in the parish of Dunrossness, 20 miles south of Lerwick.
Sumburgh Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Sumburgh Head at the southern tip of the Mainland of Shetland. Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is situated 1 mile south of Radar.
Ness of Burgi fort
Fort
The Ness of Burgi fort is an iron-age promontory fort in the Old Scatness archaeological site on the Ness of Burgi, a narrow finger of land reaching south from the Scat Ness in the far south of the island of Mainland, Shetland in Scotland. Ness of Burgi fort is situated 1½ miles southwest of Radar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sumburgh and Scatness.
Sumburgh
Sumburgh is a village near the southern tip of Mainland in the Shetland Islands, with a population in 2011 of about 100. Its main attraction is Jarlshof, continuously inhabited for 4000 years.Scatness
Village
Scatness is a settlement on the headland of Scat Ness at the southern tip of Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, across the West Voe of Sumburgh from Sumburgh Head and close to Sumburgh Airport, the Shetland Islands' main airport.
Exnaboe
Hamlet
Exnaboe, locally referred to as 'bö', is a settlement in the Virkie area of the parish of Dunrossness, South Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, overlooking Sumburgh Airport, and the Pool of Virkie. Exnaboe is situated 1½ miles north of Radar.
Radar
- Type: Tower
- Category: building
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.86781° or 59° 52′ 4″ north
Longitude
-1.27321° or 1° 16′ 24″ west
Open location code
9CFWVP9G+4P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tower
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: The Compass and End section 5/ Beginning section 6.
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Places to explore: Grutness Pier and Sumburgh Hotel Lounge Bar.
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