- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Population
- 135
- 135
- Airports
- LSI Sumburgh Airport26 km
- EOI Eday Airport133 km
About Trondra
Trondra is an island. Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland. Population: 135.
Trondra (Shaetlan pronunciation: ['trɒːndrə] TROND-rə) is one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It shelters the harbour of Scalloway and has an area of 275 hectares (1.06 sq mi).
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Length
- 5 km
- Area
- 2.8 km²
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Trondra
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Travel notes for Trondra
From Wikivoyage
Scalloway (Old Norse Skálavágr, "bay with the large house") is a fishing village in the Shetland Islands. It was the capital of these islands until 1708 when Lerwick supplanted it. The population in 2011 was 900.
Get in+
Scalloway is six miles from Lerwick by a good road, so 10 min by car or 30 min by bike should do it.
Andrews Bus 4 runs from Lerwick to Scalloway hourly M-Sa, taking 25 min and continuing along the shore to Port Arthur. This connects four times a day with Bus 5 from Scalloway to Trondra, Hamnavoe and Papil on West Burra, and Houss on East Burra.
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Climate of Trondra
This month · November
A wet month
Day 8° · Night 4° · Rain 150 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 14°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 1°)
- Wettest month
- November (150 mm)
- Driest month
- May (53 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 6° | 6° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 13° | 10° | 8° | 6° |
| Average low (°C) | 2° | 1° | 2° | 3° | 5° | 7° | 9° | 10° | 8° | 6° | 4° | 2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 133 | 106 | 119 | 73 | 53 | 58 | 59 | 77 | 114 | 132 | 150 | 143 |
How to get to Trondra
The nearest airport is Sumburgh Airport (LSI), 26 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 335 km to the south.
Airports
- Sumburgh Airport (LSI) Lerwick, Shetland 26 kmsouth
- Eday Airport (EOI) Eday 133 kmsouthwest
- Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 158 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 335 kmsouth
- Bergen Population: 294K 367 kmeast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Trondra
Within 100 km: 13 historic and cultural sites, 604 natural sites, 269 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km326 places
- Shetland Islands Island 23 kmN
- Sweyn Holm Island 17 kmS
- Green Holm Island 3 kmNW
- East Ward Island 19 kmNW
25–60 km410 places
- Whalsay Island 29 kmNE
- The Quey Island 42 kmN
- South Benelip Island 42 kmNE
- Mooa Island 35 kmNE
60–100 km150 places
- Unst Island 74 kmN
- Fetlar Island Island 60 kmN
- The Vere Island 71 kmN
- The Vere Island 70 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Torgur Mountain, Shetland Islands1.1 km NW
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Wester Quarff Field Mountain, Shetland Islands1.4 km SE
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Bruna Ness Mountain, Shetland Islands1.7 km W
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Scrae Field Mountain, Shetland Islands2.1 km SE
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Merry Holm Island, Shetland Islands1.6 km NW
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Holm of Brough Island, Shetland Islands1.8 km SW
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Bersa Hill Mountain, Shetland Islands2.5 km NE
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Brough Hill Mountain, Shetland Islands3 km SW
Sources & licences
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