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SHETLAND ISLANDS, SCOTLAND
(Shetland Islands Flag)
(Shetland Islands Map)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2008:
It was a beautiful morning as we sailed into the Shetland Islands at sunrise.
Shetland lies northeast off the coast of mainland Scotland between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east.
The total area is 566 square miles. making it the third-largest Scottish island and the fifth-largest of the British Isles.
Over 100 islands make up the Shetlands, only 16 are occupied.
Lerwick is the only burgh and main port of the Shetland Islands in Scotland,
found more than 100 miles off the north coast of mainland Great Britain.
Lerwick has a population of approximately 6,830 residents and is by far the northernmost town in Scotland.
8 minute video of my arrival in Lerwick, Scotland on the Sea Princess. Click on the player below to watch on İYouTube. |
Scalloway is the largest settlement on the North Atlantic coast of Mainland, Shetland with a population around 800.
Scalloway Castle was built from 1599 by Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney to tighten his grip on Shetland.
8 minute video of Scalloway, Scotland. Click on the player below to watch on İYouTube. |
After leaving Scalloway we took a scenic drive north of the village.
From this scenic vista we got a nice view of some of the islands northwest of Mainland Shetland.
9 minute video of my drive through West Shetland. Click on the player below to watch on İYouTube. |
Lerwick lies on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland.
It was founded in the seventeenth century as a herring and white fish seaport, and still thrives as a fishing and ferry port.
Fort Charlotte was built by Robert Mylne under the orders of Charles II at the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch Wars in 1665.
It held off a Dutch fleet in 1667 which thought it was far more heavily manned and gunned than it actually was.
The name "Lerwick" means bay of mud.
At 5:00 P.M. we set sail for our next port.
We initially sailed south around Mainland Shetland before setting a northwest course toward the Faroe Islands.
11 minute video of Lerwick, Scotland and my sail away from the Shetlants on the Sea Princess. Click on the player below to watch on İYouTube. |
Click on the arrow above to continue to my next adventure, FAROE ISLANDS.
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