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Whalsay (Old Norse: Hvalsey or Hvals-øy, meaning 'Whale Island') [4] [6] is the sixth largest of the Shetland Islands in the north of Scotland. Geography.
Relief map of Whalsay and surroundign islands, in the Shetland Islands, UK. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 200% Geographic limits:
Detailed map of Shetland, labelling many place names. The name Shetland may derive from the Old Norse words hjalt ('hilt'), and land ('land'), the popular and traditional claim. Another possibility is that the first syllable is derived from the name of an ancient Celtic tribe. [8] [9] Andrew Jennings has suggested a link with the Caledones [10].
4.1 Location map templates. 4.2 Creating new map definitions. Toggle the table of contents. Module: Location map/data/Scotland Shetland Whalsay. 3 languages.
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The Shetland archipelago Up Helly Aa festival. This is a list of Shetland islands in Scotland.The Shetland archipelago is located 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of mainland Scotland and the capital Lerwick is almost equidistant from Bergen in Norway and Aberdeen in Scotland. [1]
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The islands are famous for wildlife, with frequent sightings of rare birds. There is little peat on the Out Skerries, so the residents have been granted rights to cut it on Whalsay. [20] The soil in the islands is thin and infertile, but is heaped into riggs, [clarification needed] for better cultivation of potatoes, carrots and swedes. The ...