Yell (island)
Yell | |
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Landscape of Yell with an abandoned settlement | |
Waters | North Sea |
Archipelago | Shetland Islands |
Geographical location | 60 ° 36 ′ N , 1 ° 6 ′ W |
surface | 216.11 km² |
Highest elevation | Hill of Arisdale 210 m |
Residents | 966 (2011) 4.5 inhabitants / km² |
main place | Mid yell |
Map of Yell, Unst and Fetlar |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Ordnance_Survey_One-Inch_Sheet_1_Shetland%2C_Published_1961.jpg/290px-Ordnance_Survey_One-Inch_Sheet_1_Shetland%2C_Published_1961.jpg)
Ordnance Survey map sheet from 1961
Yell is one of the northern islands of the Shetland Islands off Scotland . It has an area of 216.1 km 2 . In 2011, 966 people lived here.
Ferries run from Ulsta on the island to Toft on Mainland and from Gutcher on Yell to Belmont on Unst and to Oddsta on Fetlar . Other locations on Yell include Burravoe, home of the Old Haa Museum, Mid Yell, Cullivoe, and Gloup.
Seabirds such as skuas and red-throated divers , otters and merlins also live on the coast of Yell .
Attractions
Are worth seeing on the island
- a brochure from the Iron Age near Burra Ness ,
- the Promontory Forts of Aywick and Burgi Geos
- Sands of Breckon (also Brecon), sand made from crushed shells and cairns
- the gorge Daal of Lumbister with the stone row .
- the heel-shaped cairn by Windhouse
- the menhir from Gutcher at the ferry port to Fetlar
Individual evidence
Web links
Commons : Yell - collection of images, videos and audio files