Gletness
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
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| Name: | Gletness |
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| UK Grid Reference: | HU470513 |
| Distance from Lerwick by road: | 16 miles |
| Community Council: | Nesting & Lunnasting |
| Google Street View: | Street View |
Gletness is a small settlement in South Nesting. It lays between South Voe of Gletness and North Voe of Gletness. Near out off the settlement is the small islands South Isle of Gletness and North Isle of Gletness, farther out you can see Hoo Stack with a lighthouse.
The Resolution wrecked on Sligga Baa near the Isles of Gletness on November 7th 1790.
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