Yell

Yell is ane o the North Isles o Shetland, Scotland. In the 2011 census it haed a uisually resident population o 966. It is the seicont lairgest island in Shetland efter the Mainland wi an aurie o 82 square mile (212 km²),^[3][6] an is the third maist populous in the airchipelago (fifteenth oot o the islands in Scotland), efter the Mainland an Whalsay.^[3]

Yell

Norse name	Jala
Meanin o name	Possibly o Pictish origin or frae Auld Norse for 'barren'
Location
Yell Yell shawn within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU492935
Coordinates	60.62°N 1.1°W / 60.62; -1.1
Physical geography
Island group	Shetland
Aurie	21,211 ha (81.9 sq mi)
Aurie rank	11 [1]
Heichest elevation	Hill o Arisdale 210 m (689 ft)
Admeenistration
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Kintra	Scotland
Cooncil aurie	Shetland Islands
Demografics
Population	966[2]
Population rank	15 [1]
Population density	4.5 fowk/km2[2][3]
Lairgest settlement	Mid Yell
References	[3][4][5]

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
4. Get-a-map (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
5. Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) Orkneyinga Saga. Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). ISBN 0-901824-25-9
6. Penrith, James & Deborah (2007) Orkney & Shetland (part of The Scottish Islands series). Richmond. Crimson Publishing.