West Head of Papa
West Head of Papa is a small tidal island off Papa in Shetland, and is one of the Scalloway Islands. It is 21m at its highest point. East Head of Papa is part of Papa itself, so it is possible that West Head became separated in recent history.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Papa and Oxna.
Papa
Islet
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Papa is an uninhabited island in the Scalloway Islands, Shetland, Scotland. Papa lies north west of Burra and east of Oxna in the Shetland Islands. The population was 20 in 1871, 14 in 1881 and 23 in 1891.
Oxna
Island
Photo: Jon Beer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oxna is one of the Scalloway Islands, lying north west of Burra in Shetland, Scotland. Oxna has an area of 68 hectares. The island has been uninhabited since the First World War, but there is a house which is still used as a holiday home. Papa island lies a few hundred metres to the east of Oxna's north coast.
Cheynies
Islet
The Cheynies are a group of reefs and small islands, between Oxna and Hildasay in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. They have been considerably eroded in the historic past, and some of the islands are still connected at low tides.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burwick and Scalloway.
Burwick
Hamlet
Burwick is a small peninsula north of Scalloway in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Hill of Burwick rises to 107 metres, the Ness of Burwick is a headland that guards the bay of Bur Wick, and Burwick Holm is a small island with an elevation of about 10 metres, just off shore in the Scalloway Islands. Burwick is situated 3 miles northeast of West Head of Papa.
Scalloway
Scalloway is a fishing village in the Shetland Islands. It was the capital of these islands until 1708 when Lerwick supplanted it. The population in 2011 was 900.
Quarff
Village
Photo: Shimgray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quarff is a small village on Mainland in the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is located on the main A970 road, 5 miles south of Shetland's only town, Lerwick. Quarff is situated 4½ miles east of West Head of Papa.
West Head of Papa
- Type: Islet
- Description: small tidal island off Papa in Shetland, and is one of the Scalloway Islands
- Categories: tidal island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.12437° or 60° 7′ 28″ northLongitude
-1.35706° or 1° 21′ 25″ westOpen location code
9CGW4JFV+P5OpenStreetMap ID
way 169885378OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletWikidata ID
Q7985335
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“West Head of Papa” goes by many names.
- Danish: “West Head of Papa”
- Dutch: “West Head of Papa”
- German: “West Head of Papa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “West Head of Papa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “West Head of Papa”
- Swedish: “West Head of Papa”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Spoose Holm and Hogg of Oxna.
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