Bigga

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Bigga is an uninhabited island in the Yell Sound between the Mainland and Yell in Shetland, Scotland. ()

Alternative names: Area: 192.74 acres (0.3012 mi²)Coordinates: 60°29'51"N, 1°11'26"W

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Bigga – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Old Haa Museum, Lunna Holm, Lamba, Uynarey.

4.6 miE
Natural history museum, Museum
Old Haa Museum, Yell
118 min walk • The Old Haa of Brough in located in Burravoe, Yell, Shetland, Scotland. Built for Robert Tyrie, a merchant, in 1672, houses the local museum for Burravoe and Yell.
5.9 miSE
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Lunna Holm
150 min walk • Lunna Holm is a small island near Lunna Ness, in the Shetland Islands. It is 27 metres at its highest point.
3.7 miW
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Lamba
94 min walk • Lamba is an uninhabited island in Yell Sound in Shetland. It lies 1.5 km north of the entrance to the Sullom Voe inlet and 1.4 kilometres east of the Mainland coastline near Ollaberry. Rising 35 metres above sea level, it has an area of 43 hectares.
0.9 miN
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Uynarey
23 min walk • Uynarey is one of the Shetland islands in Yell Sound, just to the north of Bigga, and east of Brother Island. It is an RSPB reserve. The name comes from the Norse for "venerated island", and this may reflect a Culdee connection.
3.9 miSE
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Fish Holm
99 min walk • Fish Holm is a small island, 1.5 miles east of Mainland, Shetland. It is near the village of Mossbank. It is 20 metres at its highest point, and a mile south of Samphrey in Yell Sound.
2.7 miW
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Little Roe
68 min walk • Little Roe is an island in Yell Sound in the Shetland...
3.2 miSE
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Orfasay
82 min walk • Orfasay is one of the Shetland Islands.
4.1 miS
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Linga
106 min walk • Linga is one of the Shetland Islands, in Yell Sound.
2.4 miSE
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Samphrey
63 min walk • Samphrey is an uninhabited island in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. One of Fair Isle's old names is "Friðarey" which is of similar origin.
5.9 miS
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North Mainland, Law Ting Holm
152 min walk • The North Mainland of the Shetland Islands, Scotland is the part of the Mainland lying north of Voe.
1.8 miNW
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Brother Isle
46 min walk • Brother Isle is a small, uninhabited island in Shetland, Scotland. It lies between the islands of Yell and Shetland Mainland. It is 40 hectares in size.