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Uyea

Uyea is an uninhabited tidal island located to the northwest of , . Uyea lies off the peninsula, from where it can be reached by foot at low tide.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: an uninhabited tidal island located to the northwest of Mainland, Shetland
  • Also known as: “Uyea Island” and “Uyea, Northmavine”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Muness Castle and Haaf Gruney.

Castle
Photo: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is located on , which is one of the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The castle is three kilometres east of the village of . Unst is Scotland's most northerly inhabited island, and Muness is the most northerly fortalice in the .

Islet
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is a small island in the north east of the Shetland Islands.

Islet
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is one of the Shetland Islands. It is between and , and Yell is to the west.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clivocast and Uyeasound.

Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a settlement on the island of in the Shetland Islands, Scotland at or grid reference HP6000 and is situated just east of . The 9 ft 10 in Uyea Breck Standing Stone nearby is said to mark the spot where the son of the Viking Harald Harfager was killed some time around 900AD.

Hamlet
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is a village on the Isle of , the northernmost island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It takes its name from the neighbouring strait of the same name, which looks over to the Isle of .

Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a settlement and ferry terminal in southern in the Shetland Islands. The ferry crosses from here to in Yell and to in . , a Georgian mansion built in 1775 by Thomas Mouat, was restored by Historic Scotland amongst others, and opened to the public in 2011.

Uyea

Latitude
60.6695° or 60° 40′ 10″ north
Longitude
-0.89752° or 0° 53′ 51″ west
Open location code
9CGXM492+QX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 8603690
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2635040
Wiki­data ID
Q7904154
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Uyea” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Uyea (Northmavine)”
  • Basque: “Uyea”
  • Bavarian: “Uyea”
  • Cebuano: “Uyea Island”
  • Cebuano: “Uyea, Northmavine”
  • Dutch: “Uyea, Northmavine”
  • German: “Uyea”
  • Italian: “Uyea”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Uyea ved Northmavine”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Uyea, Northmavine”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Uyea”
  • Swedish: “Uyea Island”
  • Swedish: “Uyea, Northmavine”

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include The Ward and Saint Olaf’s chapel.

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