Scottish Island of Shetland Mainland
Location
OS grid reference:	HU414553
Names
Gaelic or Celtic name:	Unknown
Norse name:	Megenland
Meaning of name:	Old Norse for 'mainland'
Area and Summit
Area:	96,879 ha
Area rank if >40 ha:	3
Highest elevation:	Ronas Hill 450 m
Population
Population:	17,550
Population rank:	2 out of 90
Main settlement:	Lerwick
Groupings
Island Group:	Shetland
Local Authority:	Shetland Islands
References:	[1][2][3]

Mainland is the main island of Shetland, Scotland. The island contains Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick, and is the centre of Shetland's ferry and air connections. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... // Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... The Brythonic languages (or Brittonic languages) form one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic language family. ... Old Norse or Danish tongue is the Germanic language once spoken by the inhabitants of the Nordic countries (for instance during the Viking Age). ... Lerwick Lerwick is the only burgh and main port of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, found more than 100 miles (160 km) off the north coast of mainland Great Britain. ... For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as Council Areas of Scotland which are all governed by unitary authorities designated as Councils which have the option under the Local Government (Gaelic Names) (Scotland) Act 1997(as chosen by Na h-Eileanan an Iar) of being known... Shetland (formerly spelled Zetland, from etland, Scottish Gaelic: ) formerly called Hjaltland, is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Scotland. ... Image File history File links McdonaldBoat. ... Shetland (formerly spelled Zetland, from etland, Scottish Gaelic: ) formerly called Hjaltland, is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime... A sign in Linlithgow, Scotland. ... Lerwick Lerwick is the only burgh and main port of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, found more than 100 miles (160 km) off the north coast of mainland Great Britain. ... The ferryboat Dongan Hills, filled with commuters, about to dock at a New York City pier, ca. ...

It has an area of 374 square miles, making it the third largest Scottish island and the third largest island surrounding Great Britain (excluding Ireland) after Lewis with Harris and Skye. Lewis and Harris (Scottish Gaelic: Leodhas is na Hearadh) make up the largest island in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. ... The Old Man of Storr, Skye The Isle of Skye, usually known simply as Skye (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Eilean Sgiathanach) is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. ...

The cliffs of Eshaness, North Mainland

Mainland can be broadly divided into four sections. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 606 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Shetland Mainland Metadata This file contains... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 606 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Shetland Mainland Metadata This file contains... North, Central, West and South Mainland The North Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the part of the Mainland lying north of Voe (60° 21′N). ...

• The long southern peninsula, south of Lerwick, has a mixture of moorland and farmland and contains many important archaeological sites.
  • Bigton
  • Sandwick
  • Scalloway
  • Sumburgh
• The Central Mainland has more farmland and some woodland plantations.
• The West Mainland
  • Aith
  • Walls
• the North Mainland - in particular the large Northmavine peninsula, connected to Mainland by a narrow isthmus at Mavis Grind - is wild, with much moorland and coastal cliffs. The North Mainland contains Sullom Voe, its oil terminal an important source of employment for the islanders.
  • Brae
  • North Roe
  • Vidlin

South, Central, North and West Mainland The South Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the part of the Mainland lying south of Hellister (60° 14′N) Lerwick Scalloway Veensgarth Gulberwick Quarff Cunningsburgh Sandwick Hoswick Bigton, Saint Ninians Isle Scousburgh Fitful Head Sumburgh Head Categories: | ... Moorland in the Pennines (England); Coarse grasses and bracken tend to dominate especially in high rainfall areas. ... Farmland can have several meanings: See: Farm for a general discussion of farming Farmland, Indiana, a town in the United States Farmland (cooperative), an agricultural cooperative This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek: αρχαίος, archae, ancient; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Bigton is a small settlement on South Mainland, Shetland, UK. It lies on the Atlantic coast of the island overlooking St Ninians Isle and within view is the Burra, further to the north. ... Sandwick is a settlement on the east coast of the island of Shetland. ... Scalloway is the largest settlement on Shetlands Atlantic coast and until 1708 was the capital of Shetland. ... Sumburgh Head is located at the southern tip of the Shetland Mainland in northern Scotland. ... Central, West, North and South Mainland The Central Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the part of the Mainland, between Hellister, Aith and Voe. ... Limber Pine woodland, Toiyabe Range, central Nevada Biologically, a woodland is a treed area differentiated from a forest. ... West, Central, North and South Mainland The West Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the part of the Mainland lying west of Aith (1° 23′ W). ... Aith is a settlement on Shetland Mainland. ... Walls is a settlement in the west of West Mainland, Shetland Islands. ... North, Central, West and South Mainland The North Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the part of the Mainland lying north of Voe (60° 21′N). ... North, Central, West and South Mainland The North Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the part of the Mainland lying north of Voe (60° 21′N). ... The Isthmus of Panama connects North and South America. ... Mavis Grind is the name given to a narrow isthmus joining the Northmavine peninsular to the rest of Shetland Mainland in the Shetland Islands, UK. It is just 35 yards wide at its narrowest point. ... “Precipice” redirects here. ... Sullom Voe is an inlet between North Mainland and Northmavine on Shetland in Scotland, and an oil terminal sited on its shore. ... Flottas refinary was constructed during the 1970s to receive and process oil and Gas from the Piper Oilfield in the North Sea. ... Look up brae in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... North Roe is a village at the northern tip of the Mainland of Shetland. ... Vidlin, Shetland Vidlin is a small village located in the Shetland Islands. ...

See also

• List of islands of Scotland
• List of the British Isles by area.

This is a list of the islands of Scotland, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain, as well as a table of the largest Scottish islands. ... This page is a list of the larger British Isles by area. ...

References

1. ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
2. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.
3. ^ Ordnance Survey

Coordinates: 60°19′N, 1°16′W This is a list of the islands of Scotland, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain, as well as a table of the largest Scottish islands. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...