Bressay
Sign in to saveBressay is a populated island in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland.
Key facts
- Scottish island.Image
- Bressay Lighthouse a.JPG
- Scottish island.ImageCaption
- Bressay Lighthouse at Kirkabister Ness overlooking Bressay Sound
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Shetland
- Scottish island.caption
- Bressay shown within the Shetland Islands
- Scottish island.GridReference
- HU507406
- Scottish island.norse name
- Breiðey/Brusey
- Scottish island.meaning of name
- Old Norse for 'broad island' or 'Brusi's island'
- Scottish island.area rank
- 30
- Scottish island.highest elevation
- Ward of Bressay,
- Scottish island.Population
- 345
- Scottish island.population rank
- 25
- Scottish island.main settlement
- Maryfield
- Scottish island.island group
- Shetland
- Scottish island.local authority
- Shetland Islands
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Bressay is a populated island in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland.
==Geography and geology== Bressay lies due south of Whalsay, west of the Isle of Noss, and north of Mousa. With an area of , it is the fifth-largest island in Shetland. The population is around 350 people, concentrated in the middle of the west coast, around Glebe and Fullaburn.
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