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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.
1 Geographical terms: 2  The British Isles is a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Continental Europe. 3  It includes Ireland, Great Britain, the Isle of Man, Shetland, Orkney, and thousands of smaller islands. The Isle of Man is part of the British Isles, situated in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. 2  The Channel Islands consist politically of two self-governing bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey.