Voesgarth
Voesgarth is a house in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Voesgarth is situated nearby to Baltasound Post Office, as well as near St John’s Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Unst and Unst Airport.
Unst
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Unst is the most northerly inhabited island of the Shetland Islands, north of mainland Scotland, with a population of 632 in 2011. Life here was traditionally based on herring fishing: the herring now are sparse but small-scale fishing continues, along with sheep farming.
Unst Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Unst Airport also called Baltasound Airport is an unlicensed airfield near Baltasound, on the island of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. The airfield has effectively been mothballed since 1996 and is now only used by the emergency services.
Baltasound Junior High School
School
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baltasound Junior High School is situated 4,000 feet northwest of Voesgarth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baltasound and Hamar.
Baltasound
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baltasound is the largest settlement on the island of Unst in Shetland, Scotland. It comes from the Old Norse man's name Balti. Unst is the most northerly inhabited island in the United Kingdom.
Hamar
Locality
Photo: Helspence, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hamar is a locality, which is situated 2 miles east of Voesgarth.
Haroldswick
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haroldswick or Harold's Wick, is on Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, and is one of the most northerly settlements in the British Isles. Haroldswick is situated 3 miles northeast of Voesgarth.
Voesgarth
- Type: House
- Address: Shetland, ZE2 9DT
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.75343° or 60° 45′ 12″ northLongitude
-0.86719° or 0° 52′ 2″ westOpen location code
9CGXQ43M+94OpenStreetMap ID
way 71123708OpenStreetMap feature
building=house
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Notable Places Nearby
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