Shetland Isles Scotland
Shetland islands also called zetland or shetland group of about 100 islands fewer than 20 of them inhabited in scotland 130 miles 210 km north of the scottish mainland at the northern extremity of the united kingdom.
Shetland isles scotland. There are plenty of things to do in shetland. The shetland islands are the most northerly part of the united kingdom a group of islands 100 mi north of mainland scotland. The current population is estimated at just under 22 000 with the vast percentage of people residing on mainland the largest island. Shetland isles shetland islands ze1 9 9 2 reference 46643 description breiview guest house is an extremely well run business that has been owned by the current proprietors for over 26 years.
The top attractions to visit in shetland islands are. Mousa iron age broch. This is a list of shetland islands in scotland the shetland archipelago is located 100 kilometres 62 mi north of mainland scotland and the capital lerwick is almost equidistant from bergen in norway and aberdeen in scotland. They constitute the shetland islands council area and the historic county of shetland.
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The location of the islands has contributed to the evolution of a truly shetlandic collection of scenery and geology bird life sea mammals wild flowers and wonderful beaches. Sealtainn scottish gaelic pronunciation. The shetland archipelago comprises about 300 islands and skerries of which 16 are inhabited in addition to the shetland mainland the larger islands are unst yell and. The largest town lerwick is closer to norway than to edinburgh and culturally and geographically they feel more norse than scottish.
Lerwick is the largest populated town. Shetland also called the shetland islands and formerly zetland is a subarctic archipelago in the northern isles of scotland situated in the northern atlantic between great britain the faroe islands and norway. Located between norway and mainland scotland this archipelago is made up of around 100 different islands.