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The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands located in the Drake Passage with a total area of 3,687 km 2 (1,424 sq mi). They lie about 120 kilometres (65 nautical miles) north of the Antarctic Peninsula , [ 1 ] and between 430 and 900 km (230 and 485 nmi) southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands .
Prehistoric Shetland refers to the prehistoric period of the Shetland archipelago of Scotland, when it was first occupied by humans. The period prior to human settlement in Shetland is known as the geology of Scotland. Prehistory in Shetland does not end until the beginning of the Early Medieval Period in Scotland, around AD 600. More than ...
Stone circles in Shetland (1 P) Pages in category "Archaeological sites in Shetland" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
The south Mainland also provides a favourable location for arable cultivation in a Shetland context and there is a high density of prehistoric settlement in the surrounding area. [5] Jarlshof is only one mile from Scatness where the remains of another broch and other ruins of a similar longevity were discovered in 1975. There is a small visitor ...
A cairn on Half Moon Beach, Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands and a plaque on ‘Cerro Gaviota' opposite San Telmo Islets commemorating the officers, soldiers and seamen aboard the Spanish vessel San Telmo, which sank in September 1819; possibly the first people to live and die in Antarctica. Site incorporated within ASPA ...
Geography of the South Shetland Islands (10 C, 2 P) I. Islands of the South Shetland Islands (6 C, 99 P) P. Ports and harbours of the South Shetland Islands (4 P)
The Shetland plate started forming 3 to 4 million years ago. [2] Prior to formation, the Shetland plate was part of the Antarctic plate adjacent to the Antarctic Peninsula. During this period, the Phoenix plate to the northwest, was subducting under the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland Islands, which created the South Shetland Trench. [3]
The preserved ruins of a wheelhouse and broch at Jarlshof, described as "one of the most remarkable archaeological sites ever excavated in the British Isles". [1]Due to building in stone on virtually treeless islands—a practice dating to at least the early Neolithic Period—Shetland is extremely rich in physical remains of the prehistoric era, and there are over 5,000 archaeological sites. [2]