Yell (island)

Yell
Landscape of Yell with an abandoned settlement
Waters	North Sea
Archipelago	Shetland Islands
Geographical location	60 ° 36 ′  N , 1 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 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

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

1. ↑ 2011 census data

Web links

Commons : Yell  - collection of images, videos and audio files