Scalloway (Scotland)
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Name (Latin)
Scalloway (Scotland)
Coordinates
W0011800 W0011800 N0600800 N0600800 (geonames )
Associated country
Great Britain
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 60°08ʹ00ʺN 001°18ʹ00ʺW)
- Assessment of the Shetland sandeel fishery, 1997
- Barth. gaz. of places in Brit., 1986:(Scalloway, Shetland, small tn. with harbour on W. coast of Mainland, 5m/7km W. of Lerwick)
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Wikipedia description:
Scalloway (Shaetlan pronunciation: [ˈskaləwə] SKA-lə-wə; Old Norse: Skálavágr, name of the bay) is the largest settlement on the west coast of the Mainland, the largest island of the Shetland, Scotland. The village had a population of roughly 900, at the 2011 census. Now a fishing port, until 1708 it was the capital of the Shetland Islands (now Lerwick, on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland). It contains one of the two castles built in Shetland; this one was constructed in 1600. Nearby are the Scalloway Islands, which derive their name from the village.
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