Scalloway

Scalloway

60°8′12.88″N 1°16′27.27″O / 60.1369111, -1.2742417

Vue du port de Scalloway.

Scalloway est l'ancienne capitale de l'archipel des Shetland en Écosse, situé sur la façade Atlantique sur la côte Ouest de l'île de Mainland. Scalloway a une population de 812 habitants au recensement de 2001. La ville a perdu son statut de capital en 1708 quand Lerwich l'a supplanté.

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