Oxna
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Oxna is one of the Scalloway Islands, lying north west of Burra in Shetland, Scotland. Oxna has an area of 68 hectares. ()
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Nearby attractions include: West Burra, Scalloway Castle, Scalloway, Linga.
IslandWest Burra
77 min walk • West Burra is one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is connected by bridge to East Burra. With an area of 743 hectares, it is the eleventh-largest of the Shetland Islands.
Museum, Forts and castles, Vernacular architectureScalloway Castle, Mainland
89 min walk • Scalloway Castle is a tower house in Scalloway, on the Shetland Mainland, the largest island in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The tower was built in 1600 by Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney, during his brief period as de facto ruler of Shetland.
VillageScalloway
87 min walk • In addition to its historical attractions, Scalloway boasts a picturesque harbor where visitors can watch traditional fishing boats and yachts bobbing on the crystal-clear waters. The village's maritime heritage is on display at the Shetland Bus Memorial, which...
IslandLinga
39 min walk • Linga is a small island off Hildasay in the Shetland Islands. It is one of the Scalloway Islands. Haswell-Smith compares Hildasay and the adjacent islands to a yeti's footprint, with Linga as the big toe.
IslandHildasay
43 min walk • Hildasay, also known as Hildisay, is an uninhabited island off the west coast of the Shetland Mainland.
IslandPapa
25 min walk • 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. The last residents left between 1891 and 1930. Most habitation was on the eastern end of the island, the peninsula East Head of Papa.
IslandFlotta
145 min walk • Flotta is an island off the south west of Mainland, Shetland. The name may come from the Old Norse, flatey meaning flat island, and the island's highest point is only ten metres. It is in Weisdale Voe, and is to the south of Greena.
IslandLanga
47 min walk • Langa is an uninhabited island off Hildasay, in Shetland, Scotland. It is not to be confused with the numerous islands called "Linga" in Shetland.
NeighbourhoodSouth Mainland, Law Ting Holm
130 min walk • The South Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the southern peninsula of Mainland island. It lies south of Hellister. The greater southern part of the peninsula belongs to the civil parish of Dunrossness.
IslandHoy
124 min walk • Hoy is a small island in Weisdale Voe, an arm of the sea in the Shetland islands, Scotland. Nearby are the smaller islets of Hoggs of Hoy and Junk. The Sound of Hoy lies between Hoy and Strom Ness peninsula on the Shetland Mainland. The highest point of the island is 35 metres above sea level.
IslandTrondra
78 min walk • Trondra is one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It shelters the harbour of Scalloway and has an area of 275 hectares.
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