Fair Isle Shetland Map
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Fair isle shetland map. Three miles long by one and a half miles wide the island is home to just sixty people. Lhoon cc by sa 2 5. Fair isle airport is a small airport located in fair isle shetland scotland. For the last 6 7 centuries the island has been changing its owners and rules until it became a part of scotland and a developed modern area.
Fair isle airport fair isle airport is a small airport located in fair isle shetland scotland. Located halfway between orkney and the shetland mainland fair isle is a place rich in wildlife cultural heritage and community spirit. Fair isle airport is situated 920 feet north of fair isle. They have very kindly allowed us to reproduce their map showing some of the central locations of ann cleeves books.
It will be enough that you indicate the starting point of your journey to fair isle and you have a route for getting to fair isle in the site using the appropriate box you can specify a point of arrival more detailed as a. Fair isle or fara in scottish is a small island in shetland located right between the orkney islands and the northernmost mall of scotland. Latitude and longitude coordinates are. It is administratively part of the parish of dunrossness shetland and is roughly equidistant from sumburgh head some 38 km 24 mi to the northeast on the mainland of shetland and north ronaldsay orkney some 43 km 27 mi to the southwest.
It is owned by the national trust for scotland. For the last 6 7 centuries the island has been changing its owners and rules until it became a part of scotland and a developed modern area. Since 1954 it has been owned by the national trust for scotland. Enjoy our interactive map showing you some of the best places to visit alongside caravan and camping information and all shetland marinas.
To travel safely and calculate the road to go to fair isle here is the service available on the site www routekm co uk. Or see visit shetland s jimmy perez pages. Ravenswick the invented scene of much of the action of raven black. Fair isle or fara in scottish is a small island in shetland located right between the orkney islands and the northernmost mall of scotland.
The fair isle electricity committee wisely set charges high enough to build up a reserve fund which in 1996 helped pay for a second 100kw turbine aided by the national trust for scotland shetland islands council shetland enterprise and the european union. Fair isle airport is situated nearby to burrashield south of ward hill. Latitude and longitude coordinates are.