Fetlar
Appearance
Gaelic name | Unknown |
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Norse name | Fætilar[1] |
Meanin o name | Unclear |
Location | |
Fetlar shawn within Shetland | |
OS grid reference | HU620919 |
Coordinates | 60°37′N 0°52′W / 60.62°N 0.87°W |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Shetland |
Aurie | 4,078 hectare (15.75 sq mi) |
Aurie rank | 25 [2] |
Heichest elevation | Vord Hill 158 metre (518 ft) |
Admeenistration | |
Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
Kintra | Scotland |
Cooncil aurie | Shetland Islands |
Demografics | |
Population | 61[3] |
Population rank | 52 [2] |
Population density | 1.5 fowk/km2[3][4] |
Lairgest settlement | Houbie |
References | [4][5] |
Fetlar is ane o the North Isles o Shetland, Scotland, wi a uisually resident population o 61 at the time o the 2011 census.[3] Its main settlement is Houbie on the sooth coast, hame tae the Fetlar Interpretive Centre. Fetlar is the fowert lairgest island o Shetland an haes an aurie o juist ower 4,000 hectare (15 sq mi).
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Anderson (1873) preface
- ↑ a b Aurie an population ranks: thare are c. 300 islands ower 20 ha in extent an 93 permanently inhabitit islands war leetit in the 2011 census.
- ↑ a b c Naitional Records o Scotland (15 August 2013) (pdf) Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland - Release 1C (Part Two). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland’s inhabited islands". Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ↑ a b Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 471-74
- ↑ Get-a-map (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 21 August 2013.