 Papa Stour shown within Shetland Islands Papa Stour is one of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, with a population of around thirty people, many of whom have immigrated since an appeal for residents in the 1970s. The main settlement on the island is Biggings, from which ferries sail to West Burrafirth on the Shetland Mainland. An airstrip also lies nearby.
Atttractions on the island include remains of a thirteenth century house which belonged to Duke Haakon, and the dramatic coastline, with sea stacks, arches, blowholes and sea caves such as Christie's Hole.
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