设得兰群岛

Shetland Islands, United Kingdom

设得兰群岛位于英国的东北,在北海与大西洋之间,群岛中从最北的欧特斯塔克岛(Out Stack Isle)到最南的费尔岛(Fair Isle)之间,南北延伸157km。群岛距离位于其东部的挪威西海岸300km,距离位于其西北部的法罗群岛(Faroe Islands)

The Shetland Islands of Scotland is located from 59°30′24″N to 60°51′39″N,from 0°43′25″W to 2°7′3″W,between the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean(Figure 1,Figure 2).Shetland Islands extend 157 km from the northernmost Out Stack Isle to the southernmost Fair Isle.The Islands are 300 km to the west coast of Norway in its east,291 km to the Faroe Islands in its northwest and 43 km to the North Ronaldsay in its southwest[1–2].The Mainland is the main island in the Shetland Islands,and 168 km to the Scotland in its south.