Point of Fethaland

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View from the east of the Isle of Fethaland with the Cape and the islands of Trunka and Stuack

Points of Fethaland even Fethaland Point is a cape in the north of Mainland , the main island of about Scotland scoring Shetlands . It lies at the end of a spur from Northmavine , which, increasingly narrowing, merges into the peninsulas of Fethaland and Isle of Fethaland . Immediately in front of the cape are several small rock islands, including Stuack in the north, Trunka in the east and, at a distance of a few hundred meters, Inner and Outer Booth in the northwest. To the island of Gruney in the north it is about one and a half kilometers.

Point of Fethaland not only marks the northernmost point of Mainland, but also the border between two seas. The International Hydrographic Organization draws a line east from here to the Isle of Yell ; it separates the North Atlantic in the north and west from the North Sea , here in the form of the Yell Sound , in the southeast. From the Point of Fethaland the nature reserve ( SSSI ) Uyea - North Roe Coast extends along the coast to the west to the island of Uyea .

Web links

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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. ↑ Information on the SSSI and map on the Scottish Natural Heritage website , accessed July 5, 2018 (English)

Coordinates: 60 ° 38 ′ 15 "  N , 1 ° 18 ′ 31.7"  W.