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• Orkney
  [[File:Blaeu - Atlas of Scotland 1654 - ORCADVM ET SCHETLANDIÆ - Orkney and Shetland.jpg|right|thumb|260px|Blaeu's 1654 map]] ...tp://www.indo-european.nl/%5Cindex2.html ''Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch''. Retrieved 3 July 2009.]</ref><ref name=jaroo>[http://www.orkne
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• Yell
  |county=Shetland |map=Shetland Yell locator.svg
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• Aberdeen
  ...her=Aberdeen University Press}}</ref><ref name="fraser">{{cite book |first=W. Hamish|last=Fraser|title=Aberdeen, 1800 to 2000: A New History |year=2000 ...largest in the north of Scotland and as a ferry route to [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]]. Established in 1136, it has been referred to as the oldest business in B
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• Stromness
  | constituency= Orkney and Shetland ...ing ships from [[Scrabster]] ([[Caithness]]), from [[Aberdeen]] and from [[Shetland]], enjoying a sheltered harbour. Ferries also run to [[Hoy]] (barely a mil
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• United Kingdom
  ...le the Shetland Islands reach to nearly 61° N, and between longitudes 8° W to 2° E. The Royal Greenwich Observatory in [[Kent]] is the defining poin ...tless islands, islets, rocks and shoals. The greatest island groups are [[Shetland]], [[Orkney]] and the [[Hebrides]], to the north and west of the mainland o
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• Great Britain
  ...from the surrounding archipelagoes, namely [[Anglesey]], [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]]. ...s; the [[Hebrides]], the [[Isles of Scilly]], [[Orkney]] and further off [[Shetland]].
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• Mainland, Orkney
  The eastern part of the Mainland is shaped like the letter "W", the easternmost peninsula being known as [[Deerness]]. To the south, caus ...an Lake existed on the edges of these eroding mountains, stretching from [[Shetland]] to the southern [[Moray Firth]].<ref>McKirdy, Alan Gordon, John & Crofts,
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• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  ...miles east-southeast of the Falkland Islands, at 54°–55°S, 36°–38°W. It comprises South Georgia itself (by far the largest island in the territ South Georgia lies at 54°15′S 36°45′W and has an area of 1,362 square miles. It is mountainous and largely barren
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• Scotland
  ...spread out from the west coast and the Northern Isles of [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]]. {{main|Orkney}} {{main|Shetland}}
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• North Sea
  ...uthern limit, west of which is the [[English Channel]]. To the north of [[Shetland]], the sea opens out into the Atlantic Ocean and that part of it known as t |first=Duane W.
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• Diocese of Sodor and Man
  ...contrast to the ''Norðreyjar'', the "northern isles" of [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]]. The Isle of Man was included in with these southern isles. This diocese *Sodor is a fictional island in the [[Irish Sea]] created by the Rev W Awdry as the setting for The Railway Series books (affectionately known as
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• Highlands
  ...h by cutting off the north-eastern part of [[Caithness]], [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]] from the more Gaelic Highlands and Hebrides.<ref>See maps at [http://lady ...tor: Andy Burnham}}</ref> [[Cryne Corse Mounth]] and [[Cairnamounth]].<ref>W. Douglas Simpson, "The Early Castles of Mar", Proceedings of the Society, 1
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• Scotia Sea
  ...1:41 a.m. local time (0341 GMT). The exact location was 61.011°S, 34.375°W at a depth of 6 miles with a USGS event ID of "usrqal".<ref>[http://earthqu ...ands and the South Orkneys in the Scotia Sea as well as the remote [[South Shetland Islands]] near the Antarctic Peninsula and the small isolated volcano Bouve
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• Fidra
  ...ion of Scotland by Lewis, Samuel (1846)}}</ref> or " Fetheray".<ref>Skene, W. F. (November 1862) "Of the early Frisian Settlements in Scotland". Antiqua ...e shape of Fidra. (This claim is also made about the island of [[Unst]] in Shetland.) He also mentioned Fidra in his novel ''Catriona''.<ref name=ScotGaz>{{cit
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• Antarctic Peninsula
  [[Hope Bay]], at 63° 23' S 57° W, is near to the northernmost extremity of the peninsula, which is Prime Hea ...ock outcrops within Alexander, James Ross, King George, Seymour, and South Shetland islands has yielded a record of the changes in terrestrial vegetation that
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• South Orkney Islands
  ...es about 60°30' to 60°83'&nbsp;S, and longitudes 44°25' to 46°25'&nbsp;W in the Southern Ocean. ..., along with [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]], the [[South Shetland Islands]] and Bouvet Island. All these islands lie in the cold seas below t
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• Peggotty Bluff
  ...aakon Bay]] on the wild south coast of [[South Georgia]] at 54°9'S 37°17'W. ...the crushing ice, had managed to reach [[Elephant Island]] in the [[South Shetland Islands]]. Shackleton and a small party set out from the island in a small
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• Gigha
  ...Antiquaries of Scotland. Retrieved 18 March 2007. The Scottish antiquarian W.F. Skene originally identified this battle site as being in west [[Knapdale ...es; for John Langlife-son came to the King, while he was sailing west from Shetland, and told him the news that John King of the Hebrides, breaking his faith,
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• Zennor Head
  ...n the [[United Kingdom]] that begins with the letter "Z" (at least since [[Shetland]] ceased to be known as ''Zetland''). It gets its name from the village of ...n the north-, seaward-side of the headland.<ref>Sparrius, L. B., James, P. W., & Allen, M. A. (2005). The sorediate variety of Sclerophytomyces circumsc
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• Mousa Broch
  {{county|Shetland}} '''Mousa Broch''' stands on the island of [[Mousa]] in [[Shetland]], and is the finest preserved example of a broch or round tower in the [[B
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• Hebrides
  ...f Scotland extending in an arc between 55.35 and 58.30 N and 5.26 and 8.40 W." This includes [[Gigha]], [[St Kilda]] and everything up to [[Cape Wrath]] ...ayment of 100 marks. The treaty also confirmed Norwegian sovereignty over Shetland and Orkney.
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• Tingwall, Shetland
  |county=Shetland '''Tingwall''' is a parish in [[Shetland]], mostly on [[Mainland, Shetland|Mainland]], and the designation of a hamlet by the [[Loch of Tingwall]] her
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• National Cycle Network
  |NCR Route 1 || [[Dover]] – [[Shetland]], along the east coast, via [[London]], [[Edinburgh]], [[John o' Groats]] *NCR 525: North Warwickshire Cycleway (W) and Coventry link
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• Bridgeman Island
  |group=South Shetland Islands |map=Bridgeman Island by King George Island - South Shetland Islands, BAT.svg
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• Deception Island
  |group=South Shetland Islands '''Deception Island''' is an island, in the [[South Shetland Islands]], within the [[British Antarctic Territory]] and lying off [[Graha
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• Half Moon Island
  |group=South Shetland Islands |map=Half Moon Island by Livingston Island - South Shetland Islands, BAT.svg
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• Penguin Island
  |group=South Shetland Islands |map=Penguin Island - King George Group - South Shetland Islands, BAT.svg
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• Smith Island
  |group=South Shetland Islands |map=Smith Island - South Shetland Islands.svg
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• Southern Ocean
  ...lie within the ocean, most in the British Antarctic Territory; the [[South Shetland Islands]], the [[South Orkney Islands]] and the many archipelagos which lie ...ture during the Separation of the Ships'']. Volume II. London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell.</ref>
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• Scalloway Castle
  |county=Shetland ...Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney, during his brief period as effective ruler of Shetland.
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• Ring of Brodgar
  ...ting in the publication in 1852 of The Celtic Antiquities of Orkney.<ref>F W L Thomas (1852) [http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/ARCHway/toc.cfm?rcn=150&vo *{{cite book | last=Childe | first=V. Gordon |author2=W. Douglas Simpson | title=Illustrated History of Ancient Monuments: Vol. VI
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• Stenness
  |constituency=Orkney and Shetland ...title=The Gazetteer of Scotland| location=Edinburgh| year=1882| publisher=W. & A.K. Johnstone| accessdate=2009-07-25}}</ref> and also some notable stan
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• Maeshowe
  *{{cite book | last=Childe | first=V. Gordon | authorlink=|author2=W. Douglas Simpson | title=Illustrated History of Ancient Monuments: Vol. VI *{{cite book | last=Hedges | first=John W. | authorlink=| title=Tomb of the Eagles: Death and Life in a Stone Age Tri
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• Skara Brae
  ...ie|1995|p=16}}</ref> Skaill knives have been found throughout Orkney and [[Shetland]]. ...book | last=Childe | first=V. Gordon | authorlink=| last2=Simpson | first2=W. Douglas | title=Illustrated History of Ancient Monuments: Vol. VI Scotland
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• Muness Castle
  |county=Shetland '''Muness Castle''' is on the island of [[Unst]], [[Shetland]], the United Kingdom's most northerly inhabited island. The castle is two
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• St Ninian's Isle
  |county=Shetland ...peninsula;<ref>[http://www.fettes.com/Shetland/tombolo.htm Fettes College Shetland Landscapes] Retrieved 3 August 2007.</ref> it has an area of about {{conver
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• Linga (Vaila)
  {{county|Shetland}} ...|Walls]], the latter on [[Mainland, Shetland]]. This is one of several of Shetland's islands named 'Linga'.
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• Ardley Island
  |group=South Shetland Islands ...y]] close off the south-west end of [[King George Island]], in the [[South Shetland Islands]], part of the [[British Antarctic Territory]]. The island was char
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• Standing Stones of Yoxie
  [[File:Standing Stones of Yoxie, Whalsay, Shetland - geograph.org.uk - 146051.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Standing Stones of Yox {{county|Shetland}}
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• Aberdeen Airport
  ...helicopters can reach northernmost platforms on both the east and west of Shetland areas. However, helicopters also sometimes use Wick, Kirkwall, Scatsta and ...used primarily for oil company charter flights to Scatsta and Sumburgh in Shetland, operated by Eastern Airways.
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• Fildes Peninsula
  ...that forms the south-western end of [[King George Island]] in the [[South Shetland Islands]] of the [[British Antarctic Territory]]. It was named from associa ...pt. Robert Fildes, a sealing captain from Liverpool, who visited the South Shetland Islands in the brig ''Cora'' in 1820-21, and in the brig ''Robert'' in 1821
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• Great Glen Fault
  ...ore becoming obscured by the effects of Mesozoic rifting to the north of [[Shetland]].<ref name=s99>{{Cite journal |last1=Stewart |first1=M. |last2=Strachan |f ...journal |first1=M. |last1=Stewart|first2= R. A.|last2= Strachan|first3= M. W.|last3= Martin|first4= R. E.|last4= Holdsworth |year=2001 |title=Constraint
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• Mount Bowles
  ...ridge, in the central part of eastern [[Livingston Island]] in the [[South Shetland Islands]], part of the [[British Antarctic Territory]]. It stands to the no ...f HMS ''Chanticleer'' in 1829 and named after Captain (later Rear-Admiral) W. Bowles (after whom [[Cape Bowles]] is named): Foster had surveyed La Plata
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• Zed Islands
  [[File:Zed Islands, South Shetland Islands, BAT.svg|right|thumb|220px|Location of the Zed Islands]] ...int]], the north-eastern extremity of [[Livingston Island]] in the [[South Shetland Islands]] in the [[British Antarctic Territory]].
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