North Roe
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North Roe is a village, and protected area at the northern tip
North Mainland
The North Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the part of the Mainland lying north of Voe .Notable places in North Mainland include:*Sullom Voe, its oil terminal being an important source of employment for the islanders.*Brae...

 in the large Northmavine
Northmavine
Northmavine is a peninsula of Shetland in Scotland. It is in the north west of the island, and contains the villages of Hillswick, Ollaberry, and North Roe...

 peninsula of the Mainland of Shetland, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. It is a small village, with a school with less than a dozen pupils in 2011. North Roe is internationally recognised wetland site, and it is protected under the terms of the Ramsar Convention
Ramsar Convention
The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands, i.e., to stem the progressive encroachment on and loss of wetlands now and in the future, recognizing the fundamental ecological functions of wetlands and their economic, cultural,...

 on Wetlands. The village is crossed by the A970 road
A970 road (Great Britain)
The A970 is a single-carrigway road from South to North of Shetland Islands, Scotland.The road also spurs to Scalloway and Hillswick....

, a single-carrigway road from south to north of Shetland Islands, and it is also the home of a Potez 840 plane.
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