Mavis Grind
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brae.
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.
Mavis Grind
- Type: Locality
- Description: isthmus in Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: isthmus
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.39801° or 60° 23′ 53″ northLongitude
-1.38494° or 1° 23′ 6″ westOpen location code
9CGW9JX8+62OpenStreetMap ID
way 666716814OpenStreetMap feature
natural=isthmusOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q958492
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Ukrainian—“Mavis Grind” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Mavis Grind”
- Dutch: “Mavis Grind”
- French: “Mavis Grind”
- German: “Mavis Grind”
- Japanese: “メイヴィス・グリンド”
- Ukrainian: “Мевіс-Грінд”
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