SHETLAND ISLANDS
Bairdstravel headed up to Shetland for the World famous UP HELLY AA
Please take time to visit our guide to the the fire festival.
The total area is approximately 1,466 km2 (566 sq mi). Administratively, the area is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland for which the now-archaic spelling Zetland was used until 1970. The islands' administrative centre and only burgh is Lerwick.
Lerwick, Scotland
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The largest island, known as the "Mainland," has an area of 967 km2 (373 sq mi), making it the third-largest Scottish island and the fifth-largest of the British Isles.
Shetland is also a lieutenancy area, comprises the Shetland constituency of the Scottish Parliament, and was formerly a county.
St Ninian's isle is a small island connected by the largest active tombolo in the UK to the south-western coast of the Mainland, Shetland, in Scotland. The tombolo, known locally as an ayre from the Old Norse for 'gravel beach', is 500 metres long. Except at extremely high tides, the sand is above sea level and accessible to walkers. Depending on the definition used St. Ninian's is thus either an island, or a peninsula. The nearest settlement is Bigton on South Mainland.