Shetland Islands

Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway, marking the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about 50 miles to the northeast of Orkney, 110 mi (170 km) from mainland Scotland, and 140 mi (220 km) west of Norway.

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Scotland in the Early Middle Ages

The Shetland Islands, an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, are featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image.

Arch in Aesha Head

Evening view west from the Ness of Westshore

View to The Noup over Mucklebrik from above Ufshins

Esha Ness cliffs at Calders Geo

Da Run Hoevdi from Da Lang Hoevdi, Foula

Da Est Hoevdi

Snolda Sea Stack in Hund Geo, Papa Stour

Islands west from Point of the Pund, Mainland

• Patterns of Assembly: Norse Thing Sites in Shetland - scientific article published in October 2013
• Christian and pagan practice during the conversion of Viking Age Orkney and Shetland - chapter published in 2003
• Coastal-change and glaciological map of the Trinity Peninsula area and south Shetland Islands, Antarctica: 1843-2001: Chapter A in Coastal-change and glaciological maps of Antarctica - scholarly article published 2006
• Knitting, Autonomy and Identity: The Role of Hand-Knitting in the Construction of Women's Sense of Self in an Island Community, Shetland, c. 1850–2000 - journal article, 2006
• Notes on Shetland Birds - article by Frank Stanley Graves and Pilcher George Ralfe in The Zoologist, 4th series vol 3, issue 692 (February 1899), Q1860

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Scotland in the Early Middle Ages		Commons
commons	image		The Shetland Islands, an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, are featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image.		Commons
commons	image		Arch in Aesha Head		Commons
commons	image		Evening view west from the Ness of Westshore		Commons
commons	image		View to The Noup over Mucklebrik from above Ufshins		Commons
commons	image		Esha Ness cliffs at Calders Geo		Commons
commons	image		Da Run Hoevdi from Da Lang Hoevdi, Foula		Commons
commons	image		Da Est Hoevdi		Commons
commons	image		Snolda Sea Stack in Hund Geo, Papa Stour		Commons
commons	image		Islands west from Point of the Pund, Mainland		Commons