Hascosay
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Hascosay (; Old Norse "Hafskotsey") is a small island lying between Yell and Fetlar in the Shetland Islands, Scotland.
Key facts
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Shetland
- Scottish island.caption
- Hascosay shown within Shetland
- Scottish island.GridReference
- HU556930
- Scottish island.scots name
- Hascosay
- Scottish island.norse name
- Hafskotsey
- Scottish island.area rank
- 90=
- Scottish island.Population
- 0
- Scottish island.island group
- Shetland
- Scottish island.local authority
- Shetland Islands
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Shetland Islands
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Shetland Islands
- Area
- 2.75
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- House on Hascosay - geograph.org.uk - 1470084.jpg
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- historic county
- Shetland Islands
- located in/on physical feature
- Shetland Islands
- Commons category
- Hascosay
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Geography and geology
- History
- Wildlife
- References
Hascosay (; Old Norse "Hafskotsey") is a small island lying between Yell and Fetlar in the Shetland Islands, Scotland.
==Geography and geology== The island's rock is coarse micaceous gneiss. It has several pools, but the fresh water in them is frequently contaminated by salt spray. Its area is just over .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hascosay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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