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Little Roe

#5659 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Little Roe

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Little Roe is an island in Yell Sound in the Shetland Islands ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 60°29'54"N, 1°16'7"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Little Roe – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Punds Water, Lamba, Uynarey, Fish Holm.

5.3 miSW
Archaeological site
Punds Water, Hillswick
137 min walk • Punds Water is a freshwater loch near Mangaster in Northmavine, Shetland. It also gives its name to a nearby Neolithic heel-shaped cairn.
1.6 miNW
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Lamba
41 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.
2.6 miE
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Uynarey
67 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.
5.7 miSE
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Fish Holm
146 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.
5.7 miE
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Orfasay
147 min walk • Orfasay is one of the Shetland Islands.
5.6 miSE
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Linga
144 min walk • Linga is one of the Shetland Islands, in Yell Sound.
4.5 miSE
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Samphrey
116 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.
2.7 miE
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Bigga
68 min walk • Bigga is an uninhabited island in the Yell Sound between the Mainland and Yell in Shetland, Scotland.
2 miNE
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Brother Isle
52 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.