2018

HU3630 : West Burra tombolo

taken 6 years ago, near to Papil, West Burra, Shetland Islands, Scotland

West Burra tombolo
West Burra tombolo
Having started at Bridge End on West Burra, paddling down South Voe and West Voe, we knew we would be exposed to the swell at the south end when we wanted to cross over in our sea kayak circumnavigation of East Burra. So we'd stopped at this tombolo hoping it would offer us a view of sea conditions to the west. It turned out that Banna Minn has a sufficiently narrow entrance that it is quite a sheltered beach, so we left not much better informed than when we'd landed. And, yes, paddling round the south end of East Burra did indeed prove quite exciting...

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Geographical Context: Coastal Islands Estuary, Marine Category: Tombolo Category: Tombolo
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Tombolo at Banna Minn [9] · West Burra [8] · Entrance [4] ·
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HU3630, 67 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Andy Waddington   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 24 June, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 25 June, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! HU 3645 3048 [10m precision]
WGS84: 60:3.4451N 1:20.8314W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! HU 3663 3059
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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