Mainland (Shetland) is the main island of Shetland Islands.
Sumburgh Head in the south of Mainland
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Mavis Grind -: Right the Atlantic Ocean, left the North Sea
- Northmavine - The two hundred square kilometer peninsula in the northwest of Mainland is only connected to the main island by an almost 33 m wide isthmus, called Mavis Grind. Mavis Grind is the narrowest piece of land in the British Isles. The A970 takes you to Northmavine, whose peculiarities are the cliffs, largely untouched nature and the Neolithic chambered cairn are at the top of Ronas Hill, the highest point on the island.
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Access to Sumburgh Airport on the A970 is at one end of the runway
The only national airport is on Mainland Sumburgh Airport (far south), from where connections from mainland Scotland Bergen (Norway) and from Kirkwall on the Orkney Islands consist.
From the ferry port of the North Link shipping company In Lerwick the ferries commute between Aberdeen and Lerwick. The ferries also call at Kirkwall three times a week on their nightly journey.
The following connections exist to and from the small neighboring islands to the main island:
- From the Toft ferry terminal in the northeast, you can take a small ferry to the Ulsta Terminal in 20 minutes Yell above. From Yell there is a connection from Terminal Gutcher to Unst or after Fetlar.
- Of Lerwick There is a short ferry connection from Bressay Sound to Bressay, the small island across from Lerwick.
