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The population is around 360 people, [2] concentrated in the middle of the west coast, around Glebe and Fullaburn. The island is made up of Old Red Sandstone with some basaltic intrusions. Bressay was quarried extensively for building materials, used all over Shetland, especially in nearby Lerwick. [3] There are a number of sea caves and arches.
Lerwick (/ ˈ l ɛ r ɪ k / or / ˈ l ɜː r w ɪ k /; Old Norse: Leirvik; Norn: Larvik) is the main town and port of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland. Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick had a population of about 7,000 residents in 2010. [3] It is the northernmost major settlement within the United Kingdom.
A list of populated places in the Shetland Islands: A Aith Aithsetter Assater Aywick B Baltasound Basta Belmont Biggings Bigton Billister Bixter Boddam Bousta Brae Braehoulland Braewick Breiwick Bremirehoull Brettabister Bridge End Bridge of Walls Brindister Brough, Bressay Brough, South Nesting Brough, Whalsay Browland Burrafirth Burrastow Burravoe C Catfirth Challister Channerwick Clate ...
Lerwick, the capital and largest settlement, has a population of 6,958. About half of the archipelago's total population of 22,920 people [20] live within 10 mi (16 km) of the town. [21] Scalloway on the west coast, which was the capital until 1708, has a population of fewer than 1,000 people. [22] Only 16 of about 100 islands are inhabited.
Bressay Lighthouse at Kirkabister Ness, Shetland Muckle Flugga lighthouse, Shetland The broch on Mousa The Mainland from Uyea Lerwick Jarlshof The Mainland village of Aith. The Scalloway Islands are a small archipelago at the entrance to Weisdale Voe in the South West. The North Isles is the name given to the group including Yell, Unst and Fetlar.
Population density: 19.41 people/km 2 [1] Largest settlement: Lerwick: References [4] The Mainland is the main island of Shetland, Scotland. ... south of Lerwick, ...
The village had a population of roughly 900, at the 2011 census. [2] Now a fishing port, until 1708 it was the capital of the Shetland Islands (now Lerwick, on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland). It contains one of the two castles built in Shetland; this one was constructed in 1600.
Quarff is a small village on Mainland in the Shetland Islands in Scotland.It is located on the main A970 road, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Shetland's only town, Lerwick.The village is spread along a classic glacial valley [1] that runs east–west across the island between high hills to north and south, [2] with centres of population at Easter Quarff which is near the main road and the east ...