Flotta, Shetland

Flotta () is an island off the south west of

Mainland, Shetland The Mainland is the main island of Shetland, Scotland. The island contains Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick, and is the centre of Shetland's ferry and air connections. Geography It has an area of , making it the third-largest Scottish island a ...

. The name may come from the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

, ''flatey'' meaning flat island, and the island's highest point is only ten metres. It is in Weisdale Voe, and is to the south of

Greena Greena is a small island off the west coast of Mainland, Shetland. It is 10m at its highest point, and is north of Flotta, Shetland. It is in Weisdale Voe Weisdale is a bay, hamlet and ancient parish on Mainland in Shetland, Scotland. The ba ...

. Uninhabited islands of Shetland {{Shetland-geo-stub