Housay
Housay, also known as West Isle, is one of the three islands that form the Out Skerries island group, the most easterly part of the Shetland Isles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Out Skerries and Bruray.
Out Skerries
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Out Skerries are the easternmost of the Shetland Islands. There are three main islands: Housay and Bruray are joined by road, and in 2001 had a population of 30, while Grunay is no longer inhabited.
Bruray
Island
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Bruray is one of the three Out Skerries islands of Shetland, and contains Scotland's most easterly settlement. It is separated from Housay by North Mouth and South Mouth.
Bound Skerry
Islet
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Bound Skerry is part of the Out Skerries group in the Shetland Islands. As well as being the most easterly island of that group, it is also the easternmost point of Scotland.
Housay
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Housay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Housay Island”
- Cebuano: “Housay”
- Chinese: “霍塞島”
- Dutch: “Housay”
- French: “Housay”
- German: “Housay”
- Hebrew: “האוסיי”
- Japanese: “ハウセイ島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Housay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Housay”
- Norwegian: “Housay”
- Scots: “Housay”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Housay”
- Swedish: “Housay Island”
- Swedish: “Housay”
- Welsh: “Housay”
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