Isle of Fethaland

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View from the south of Isle of Fethaland, behind Gruney and the Ramna Stacks

Isle of Fethaland is a peninsula in the north of Mainland , the main island of about Scotland scoring Shetlands . In the north it runs out at the Point of Fethaland , the northernmost point of Mainland. Since this cape marks the border of two seas as defined by the International Hydrographic Organization , the west coast of Isle of Fethaland is part of the North Atlantic , the east coast of the North Sea . To the south, the Isle of Fethaland is connected to Fethaland and the rest of the Mainland by a low, narrow isthmus . Here you can find the structural remains of Fedeland , a settlement formerly inhabited by fishermen during the summer fishing season. They are designated as a Scheduled Monument and are therefore under monument protection. Isle of Fethaland has a length of about 900 meters and a width of 300 meters and reaches a height of 64 meters. The peninsula is in the Community Council Area of Northmavine .

On the east coast, near the Cleber Geos, there is a deposit of soapstone with traces of earlier mining. The Northern Lighthouse Board has been operating an automated lighthouse on the Isle of Fethaland since 1977 . Its construction is linked to the commissioning of the Sullom Voe oil terminal .

Web links

Commons : Isle of Fethaland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition , Monte-Carlo 1953, point 4 and point 23. Available online on the website of the International Hydrographic Organization, PDF file, 970 kB, accessed on July 4, 2018 (English)
  2. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ Entry on Isle of Fethaland  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ↑ Lighthouses of Scotland: Shetland on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill website , accessed July 5, 2018.

Coordinates: 60 ° 37'55.2 "  N , 1 ° 18'51.5"  W.