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Mid Yell

Mid Yell is a coastal settlement on the island Yell, the second-largest of Shetland Islands, Scotland. Mid Yell, the largest settlement on the island, is at the head of Mid Yell Voe on the B9081 road about 1 mile from its junction with the A968 road.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Yell and Whitehill Lighthouse.

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is one of the North Isles of the , north of mainland Scotland. It's 20 miles long by 5 miles wide, thinly populated: 966 as of 2011.

Lighthouse
Photo: Alan Bowring, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 2½ miles southeast of Mid Yell.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aywick and Otterswick.

Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small settlement on the east side of , an island forming part of the Shetland Islands north of . The naturalist Bobby Tulloch was born and grew up in . is situated 2½ miles southeast of Mid Yell.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet on the island of Yell in the Islands, on the inlet of Otters Wick. It is on the east side of the island. There is also an "Otterswick" on in the Orkney Islands. is situated 3 miles south of Mid Yell.

Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a settlement on the island of , Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is one of the few settlements in the west of the island. contains one of the major recreational beaches in Yell. is situated 4½ miles west of Mid Yell.

Mid Yell

Latitude
60.59742° or 60° 35′ 51″ north
Longitude
-1.06224° or 1° 3′ 44″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB MYE
Open location code
9CGWHWWQ+X4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1838215244
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2642554
Wiki­data ID
Q6841058
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Mid Yell” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Mid Yell”
  • Chinese: “中耶尔”
  • Chinese: “中耶爾”
  • Danish: “Mid Yell”
  • Dutch: “Mid Yell”
  • French: “Mid Yell”
  • German: “Mid Yell”
  • Russian: “Мид-Йелл”
  • Scots: “Mid Yell”
  • Swedish: “Mid Yell”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kaywick and Camb.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include UHI Shetland - North Isles LC2 and Linkshouse Pier.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mid Yell”. Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.