Out Skerries

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The Out Skerries are an archipelago of islets, some inhabited, in Shetland, Scotland, and are the easternmost part of Shetland. Locally, they are usually called Da Skerries or just Skerries. ()

Alternative names: Area: 1.54 mi²Coordinates: 60°25'0"N, 0°46'0"W

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Out Skerries – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Grunay, East Linga, Nista, Bruray.

0.6 miE
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Grunay
16 min walk • Grunay is an uninhabited island in the Out Skerries group, the most easterly part of Shetland, Scotland. Its area is 55.58 acres, or 22.49 hectares. The island is the site of the lighthouse keeper's house for the lighthouse on the nearby Bound Skerry. This house was abandoned following the automation of the light in 1972.
6.6 miSW
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East Linga
169 min walk • East Linga is one of the Shetland Islands. It lies between Whalsay, and Grif Skerry to the east.
5.6 miSW
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Nista
142 min walk • Nista is a small islet of the Shetland Islands of Scotland, situated roughly 2 kilometres east off the coast of Whalsay. It lies to the north of Mooa. The Trota Stack lies just off the north side of the islet. The highest point of the islet is 63 feet.
0.9 miNE
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Bruray
24 min walk • Bruray is one of the three Out Skerries islands of Shetland, and contains Scotland's most easterly settlement. It is separated from Housay by North Mouth and South Mouth.
6.2 miSW
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Grif Skerry
158 min walk • Grif Skerry is an islet to the east of Whalsay in the Shetland Islands. Its name comes from the Norse or Norn for "deep sea skerry". The island is uninhabited, although there are some buildings on it. These are mostly fishermen's huts, and the remains of a haaf fishing station, so that fishermen could shelter from bad weather.
1.6 miNE
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Bound Skerry
41 min walk • Bound Skerry is part of the Out Skerries group in the Shetland Islands. As well as being the most easterly island of that group, it is also the easternmost point of Scotland. It has a lighthouse on it, which was built in 1857 at a cost of £21,000.
5.8 miSW
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Mooa
148 min walk • Mooa is a small islet of the Shetland Islands of Scotland, situated roughly 2 kilometres east off the coast of Whalsay. It lies to the north of Isbister Holm and south of Nista. The highest point of the islet is 63 feet.
5.4 miSW
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Inner Holm of Skaw
138 min walk • The Inner Holm of Skaw is a small, uninhabited islet off the northern tip of the island of Whalsay, in the Shetland Islands of Scotland, north of the village of Skaw.
5.1 miW
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Outer Holm of Skaw
131 min walk • The Outer Holm of Skaw is a small, uninhabited islet, a rock outlier off the northeast coast of the island of Whalsay, in the Shetland Islands of Scotland.