Baltasound
Sign in to saveBaltasound (or Baltasund) is the largest settlement on the island of Unst in Shetland, Scotland. It comes from the Old Norse man's name Balti (Baltisund). Unst is the most northerly inhabited island in the United Kingdom. The village lies halfway along the island's east coast on a sheltered bay called Balta Sound.
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Place details
- Locality
- Baltasound
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Baltasound
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.static_image_name
- Main gate for Buness, Baltasound - geograph.org.uk - 969689.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- At the main gate of Buness, Baltasound
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- HP620089
- UK place.post_town
- SHETLAND
- UK place.postcode_area
- ZE
- UK place.postcode_district
- ZE2
- UK place.dial_code
- 01957
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Orkney and Shetland
- UK place.civil_parish
- Unst
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Shetland
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Shetland
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Shetland
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Capital of
- Unst
- Image
- Main gate for Buness, Baltasound - geograph.org.uk - 969689.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01957
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- Commons category
- Baltasound
- postal code
- ZE2
- located in/on physical feature
- Unst
- historic county
- Shetland Islands
- P8168
- Pavel Badea
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Amenities
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- References
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Baltasound (or Baltasund) is the largest settlement on the island of Unst in Shetland, Scotland. It comes from the Old Norse man's name Balti (Baltisund). Unst is the most northerly inhabited island in the United Kingdom. The village lies halfway along the island's east coast on a sheltered bay called Balta Sound.
left|thumb|200px|Baltasound Post Office, the most northerly in the UK
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Baltasound” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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