2018

HU4442 : A970 north of Lerwick

taken 6 years ago, near to Holmsgarth, Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland

A970 north of Lerwick
A970 north of Lerwick
Wind turbines on Burradale Hill HU4242 can be seen in the distance.
The A970 (Shetland Islands)

The A970 runs for 71 miles across most of the length of the "Mainland" in the Shetland Islands. It is a good-quality single-carriageway road for most of its route. Travelling from south to north, the road begins at Grutness near Sumburgh Airport and winds around the many hills and inlets passing close to a number of small villages without going through any large ones before Lerwick. After looping around Lerwick, a short spur runs to Scalloway whilst the main route continues northwards towards Brae where it crosses the narrow isthmus of Mavis Grind. At Sandy Lochs the road splits and a four-mile spur goes through Urafirth to Hillswick. The main route continuing to the right towards its northern terminus at Isbister. This last part of the route tends to be narrower with passing places.

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Geographical Context: Uplands Roads, Road transport Camera: Panasonic Lumix TZ60 Road: A970 other tags: Shetland Hill Wind Farm Wind Turbines Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Lerwick [5] · Hill [4] · Burradale [3] · Wind Turbines [3] · A970 North of Lerwick [2] ·
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HU4442, 8 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 22 September, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 23 July, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! HU 442 427 [100m precision]
WGS84: 60:10.0193N 1:12.2248W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! HU 443 427
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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