Bound Skerry
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Out Skerries and Bound Skerry Lighthouse.
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
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the Out Skerries, Shetland, United Kingdom
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.42452° or 60° 25′ 28″ northLongitude
-0.72701° or 0° 43′ 37″ westOpen location code
9CGXC7FF+R5OpenStreetMap ID
way 886559133OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bound Skerry” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bound Skerry”
- Dutch: “Bound Skerry”
- French: “Bound Skerry”
- German: “Bound Skerry”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bound Skerry”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bound Skerry”
- Swedish: “Bound Skerry”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Little Bound Skerry and Tamma Skerry.
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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 “Bound Skerry”. Photo: joost, CC BY-SA 2.0.