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Shetland is on longitude 01ÂºW of Greenwich and straddles latitude 60ÂºN, 598 miles (962km) north of London and just 400 miles (643km) south of the Arctic Circle. This is as far north as St Petersburg, Russia, or Anchorage, Alaska. Shetlandâs nearest neighbour is Orkney, 50 miles (80km) to the south-west. Norway is just over 200 miles (320km) to the east and the Faroe Islands lie about the same distance away to the north-west. Iceland is only another 300 miles (480km) beyond Faroe, while Cape Farewell, the southern tip of Greenland, is 1,450 miles (2,333km) due west of Shetland.
Shetland comprises more than 100 islands, stretching nearly 90 miles. Nowhere is farther than three miles from the sea and life here, and its wild beauty, tranquillity and sense of openness, is a world away from the stresses of the mainland.