Yell
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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]
Norse name | Jala |
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Meanin o name | Possibly o Pictish origin or frae Auld Norse for 'barren' |
Location | |
Yell shawn within Shetland | |
OS grid reference | HU492935 |
Coordinates | 60.62°N 1.1°W |
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] |
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