Shetland
Shetland (/ˈʃɛtlənd/; Scottish Gaelic: Sealtainn [ˈʃal̪ˠt̪ʰɪɲ]), also called the Shetland Islands, is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies north-east of the island of Great Britain and forms part of the United Kingdom.
Latitude and longitude of Lerwick
Satellite map of Lerwick
Lerwick is the main port of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, located more than 100 miles (160 km) off the north coast of mainland Scotland on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland. Lerwick is about 210 miles (340 km) north-northeast of Aberdeen, 230 miles (370 km) west of Bergen in Norway and 230 miles (370 km) south east of Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands.
Population: 6,594
Latitude: 60° 09' 16.31" N
Longitude: -1° 08' 57.88" W
Articles of interest in Lerwick
69 Articles of interest near Lerwick, United Kingdom
Show all articles in the mapBroch of Mousa
Broch of Mousa (or Mousa Broch) is the finest preserved example of an Iron Age broch or round tower in Shetland, Scotland. It is the tallest still standing in the world and amongst the best-preserved prehistoric buildings in Europe. It is thought to…
Mainland, Shetland
The Mainland is the main island of Shetland, Scotland.
Tingwall Airport
Tingwall Airport (IATA: LWK, ICAO: EGET), also known as Lerwick/Tingwall Airport, is located in the Tingwall valley, near the village of Gott, 4 NM (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) northwest of Lerwick on the mainland island of the Shetland, Scotland. Although it i…
Bressay
Bressay is a populated island in the Shetland Islands of Scotland.
Noss
Noss is a small, previously inhabited island in Shetland, Scotland.
Mousa
Mousa (Old Norse: Mosey "moss island") is a small island in Shetland, Scotland, uninhabited since the nineteenth century.
The Crucible of Iron Age Shetland
The Crucible of Iron Age Shetland is a combination of three sites in Shetland that have applied to be on the United Kingdom "Tentative List" of possible nominations for the UNESCO World Heritage Programme list of sites of outstanding cultural or nat…
Scalloway Castle
Scalloway Castle is a tower house in Scalloway, on the Mainland of Shetland, off the north coast of Scotland.
Tingwall, Shetland
Tingwall, (Old Norse: Þingvöllr = Field of the Thing assembly) is a parish in Shetland, mostly on Mainland the centre of which lies about 2 miles north of Scalloway. Tingwall Airport is here.
Fort Charlotte, Shetland
Fort Charlotte in the centre of Lerwick, Shetland, is a five-sided artillery fort, with bastions on each corner.
SIBC
SIBC (short for Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company) is a local independent commercial radio station broadcasting in the Shetland Islands. Its coverage area is Shetland, parts of Orkney, and some 75,000 square miles (190,000 km2) of sea-lanes, fis…
Lerwick Town Hall
Lerwick Town Hall is located in central Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland. It was completed in 1884 during a period of expansion in Lerwick due to the wealth the herring industry brought.
West Burra
West Burra is one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is connected by bridge to East Burra.
Trondra
Trondra is one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland.
Nesting, Shetland
Nesting is a parish in the east of Mainland, Shetland. It includes not only a part of the Mainland, measuring about twelve miles (19 km) by four, along the seaboard from Gletness to Lunna Ness but also the island of Whalsay and the Out Skerries. The…
Neap
Neap is a small village in the east coast of the Mainland of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Neap is situated at the end of the road from Brettabister, through Housabister and Kirkabister.
Gilbert Bain Hospital
The Gilbert Bain Hospital is a rural general hospital in the burgh of Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland. Specialist services are based at the hospital, which is run by NHS Shetland.