Otterswick is a hamlet on the island of Yell in the Shetland Islands, on the inlet of Otters Wick. It is on the east side of the island. There is also an "Otterswick" on Sanday in the Orkney Islands.

Aywick

Hamlet

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Aywick is a small settlement on the east side of Yell, an island forming part of the Shetland Islands north of Scotland. The naturalist Bobby Tulloch was born and grew up in Aywick.

Gossabrough

Hamlet

Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gossabrough is a coastal hamlet, wick and ness on the southeast side of the island of Yell, Shetland, Scotland. The Wick of Gossabrough lies between the northern extremity of Gossabrough Ness and the Saddle of Swarister. Gossabrough is situated 1½ miles south of Black Skerry.

Black Skerry

Type: Reef
Also known as: “Swarta Skerry”
Category: landform
Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

60.55° or 60° 33′ north

Longitude

-1.03333° or 1° 2′ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

9CGWHX28+2M

GeoNames ID

2655448

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