Whalsay shown within Shetland Islands

Whalsay (From Old Norse meaning 'Whale Island') 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. Image File history File links Adaption of Shetland. ... Image File history File links Adaption of Shetland. ... Old Norse or Danish tongue is the Germanic language once spoken by the inhabitants of the Nordic countries (for instance during the Viking Age). ... Shetland Islands The Shetland Islands (sometimes historically spelled Zetland, formerly Hjaltland) are one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and also form a traditional county and Lieutenancy area. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... In Scotland a croft is a small parcel of agricultural land that is occupied and farmed by a crofter who pays rent to the landlord who owns the land. ... Fishing from a Pier Fishing is a term applied to any activity which aims to capture fish or shellfish for subsistence, scientific, commercial or recreational purposes. ...

The main settlement on the island is Symbister, where the fishing fleet is based and from where ferries sail to Laxo and Vidlin on the Shetland Mainland. The island also has an airstrip. The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on short-distance, scheduled services. ... Shetland Mainland shown within Shetland Islands Mainland is the main island of Shetland, Scotland. ... An airstrip is a kind of airport that consists only of a runway with perhaps fueling equipment. ...

Attractions on the island include two Bronze Age houses, Benie Hoose and Yorie Biggins, and the settlement of Sodom where Hugh MacDiarmid lived in the 1930s and early 1940s. The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ... Hugh MacDiarmid was the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (August 11, 1892 - September 9, 1978). ... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... Events and trends The 1940s were dominated by World War II, the most destructive armed conflict in history. ...