Unst shown within Shetland Islands

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Unst is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles. Image File history File links Unst. ... Image File history File links Unst. ... Image File history File links Unst_Bus_Shelter. ... Image File history File links Unst_Bus_Shelter. ... The North Isles are the northern islands of the Shetland Islands. ... The Shetland Islands, also called Shetland (archaically spelled Zetland) formerly called Hjaltland, comprise one of 32 council areas of Scotland. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I 843  Area    - Total 78... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into British and Irish Isles. ...

Unst is largely grassland, with coastal cliffs. Its main village is Baltasound, formerly the second largest herring fishing port after Lerwick and now the location of a brewery, a leisure centre and the island's airport. Other settlements include Uyeasound, home to Greenwell's Booth (a Hanseatic warehouse) and Muness Castle, (built in 1598 and sacked by pirates in 1627); and Haroldswick, location of a boat museum and a heritage centre. An Inner Mongolian Grassland. ... The Trango Towers in Pakistan have the highest cliffs in the world In geography, a cliff is a significant vertical, or near vertical, rock exposure. ... A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Species Clupea alba Clupea bentincki Clupea caspiopontica Clupea chrysotaenia Clupea elongata Clupea halec Clupea harengus Clupea inermis Clupea leachii Clupea lineolata Clupea minima Clupea mirabilis Clupea pallasii Clupea sardinacaroli Clupea sulcata Herrings are small oily fish of the genus Clupea found in the temperate, shallow waters of the North Atlantic... Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ... The entrance of a brewery. ... The foundations of the Hanseatic League (German: Hanse), an alliance of trading cities that for a time in the later Middle Ages and the Early Modern period maintained a trade monopoly over most of Northern Europe and the Baltic, can be seen as early as the 12th century, with the... // How to find Muness Castle Muness Castle lies in the south east corner of Unst, Shetlands most northerly inhabited island, not far from the rocky headland of Mu Ness. ... Events January 7 - Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I. April 13 - Edict of Nantes - Henry IV of France grants French Huguenots equal rights with Catholics. ... Look up pirate and piracy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Events A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia. ... Haroldswick or Harolds Wick, meaning Harolds Bay, is on Unst, Shetland Islands, and is one of the most northerly settlements in the British Isles. ... Some pleasure craft boats in a harbor in Miami Beach, Florida. ... A heritage center is a museum facility primarily dedicated to the presentation of historical and cultural information about a place and its people, including, to some degree, natural features. ...

The usually resident population of Unst and Fetlar in the 2001 census was 806; many of these are employed at the Saxa Vord Royal Air Force radar station. However, the radar station is due to close in 2006 with the loss of more than 100 jobs [1]. Fetlar shown within Shetland Islands Fetlar is one of the North Isles of Shetland, Scotland, with a population of about 100 people. ... Census 2001 is the name by which the national census conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 is known. ... RAF Saxa Vord is a radar station operated by the Royal Air Force. ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... This long range radar antenna, known as ALTAIR, is used to detect and track space objects in conjunction with ABM testing at the Ronald Reagan Test Site on the Kwajalein atoll[1]. Radar is a system that uses radio waves to detect, determine the distance of, and map, objects such... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Island lays claims to many "most Northerly" UK titles. The tiny settlement of Skaw in the northeast of the island is the northernmost settlement in the UK. The Muckle Flugga lighthouse just off the far North of Unst was opened in 1858 and is the most northerly lighthouse in the UK, situated close to Out Stack, the most northerly rock in the UK. Skaw, in the Shetlands, is the northernmost settlement in the United Kingdom. ... 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. ... The Muckle Flugga lighthouse. ... Out Stack or Oosta is the northernmost of the British Isles, lying immediately to the north of Muckle Flugga and 3 km north of the island of Unst. ...

Unst is important for its seabird colonies, including those at Hermaness National Nature Reserve. It is also known for its plant life, including Norwegian sandwort and Shetland Mouse-ear, the latter being unique to the island. Hermaness is a National Nature Reserve at the northern tip of the island of Unst, Shetland, Scotland. ... National Nature Reserve is a United Kingdom government conservation designation for a nature reserve of national significance. ... Binomial name Cerastium nigrescens Shetland Mouse-ear Cerastium nigrescens, also known as Shetland Mouse-eared Chickweed or Edmondstons Chickweed, is an endemic plant found in Shetland, Great Britain. ...

Unst is also home to the PURE project (Promoting Unst Renewable Energy), a community owned clean energy system based on hydrogen production.

Ferries link Belmont on the island to Gutcher on Yell and Oddsta on Fetlar. Yell shown within Shetland Islands Look up yell in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Fetlar shown within Shetland Islands Fetlar is one of the North Isles of Shetland, Scotland, with a population of about 100 people. ...

Less well known is an extraordinary bus shelter on the island, known as Bobby's Bus Shelter, furnished by local residents with a sofa, television, computer and other home comforts. A typical bus stop in Singapore. ... Sofas come in a variety of colors, patterns, and materials (two-seater model) Ancient Greek sofa A couch, also known as a sofa, settee, lounge or chesterfield is an item of furniture for the comfortable seating of more than one person. ... A Lego RCX Computer is an example of an embedded computer used to control mechanical devices. ...

External links

• www.unst.org
• A bus shelter on the island

Coordinates: 60°45′N 0°53′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...