Vaila
Sign in to saveVaila (Old Norse: "Valey") is an island in Shetland, Scotland, lying south of the Westland peninsula of the Shetland Mainland. It has an area of , and is at its highest point.
Key facts
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Shetland
- Scottish island.GridReference
- HU213462
- Scottish island.norse name
- Valey
- Scottish island.area rank
- 82
- Scottish island.Population
- 3
- Scottish island.population rank
- 85=
- Scottish island.population density
- 0.9 people/km2
- Scottish island.island group
- Shetland
- Scottish island.local authority
- Shetland Islands
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Shetland Islands
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Shetland Islands
- Population
- 2
- Area
- 327
- Elevation
- 95
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Image
- Muckle Flaes and Vaila from Culswick.jpg
- Width
- 2
- Length
- 2.5
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- Vaila
- located in/on physical feature
- Shetland Islands
- historic county
- Shetland Islands
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography and geology
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- References
Vaila (Old Norse: "Valey") is an island in Shetland, Scotland, lying south of the Westland peninsula of the Shetland Mainland. It has an area of , and is at its highest point.
Vaila is home to an organic sheep farm and is also known for its mountain hares.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vaila” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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