The Outer Skerries, often called the Out Skerries or just The Skerries (although this may lead to confusion with the Ve Skerries), are a A small island in the Adriatic sea An island is any piece of land smaller than a continent and larger than a rock, that is completely surrounded by water. Very small islands are called islets. Although seldom adhered to, it is also proper to call an emergent land feature on...
island group in See Shetland (disambiguation) for other meanings. Shetland Islands The Shetland Islands (sometimes historically spelled Zetland, formerly Hjaltland) are one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It is a Scottish island group between the Orkney Islands and the Faroe Islands, north of mainland Scotland, with a...
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Scotland. They lie about four miles north east of Whalsay shown within Shetland Islands Whalsay is one of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, with a population of more than 1000 people. The island is fertile and fairly densely populated, with crofting taking second place to fishing as the main local industries. The main settlement on the island is Symbister...
Whalsay and form the This is a list of the extreme points of the United Kingdom: the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Traditionally the extent of the island of Great Britain has stretched from Lands End to John o Groats (that is, from the extreme...
easternmost part of Scotland.
The main islands, all small, are Housay, Bruray and Grunay. The first two of these are populated and are linked by a bridge. The islands have a school, two shops, a fish processing factory an airstrip and a church. For a detailed history see "Out Skerries - an Island Community" by Joan Dey, ISBN no: 0-900662-74-3
OutSkerries is a group of three main (and many smaller) islands found in the North Sea some 24 miles north east of Lerwick.
Most of OutSkerries' houses are scattered along the length of the mile of road boasted by the islands.
OutSkerries' gravel runway is, however, one of the shortest in Shetland, and in some wind conditions the aircraft has to land on Whalsay and ferry passengers three at a time to OutSkerries.
OutSkerries, Shetland's most easterly outpost, has a wealth of attractions never to be forgotten - the dramatic scenery, historical interest, outstanding wildlife and, not least, the warm welcome of the Skerries folk.
A skerry is a rocky island or islet, it is often assumed that the 'OutSkerries' were so named because of the islands' remoteness, but in fact it stems from the Norse word for cast, distinguishing OutSkerries from the likes of the Ve, or west Skerries.
Economically, socially, spiritually, OutSkerries boasts a community which has always lived for the present and the future.
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