Official website (https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/unst-yell)
Key facts
- Old norse name
- Jala
- Meaning of name
- Possibly of Pictish origin or from Old Norse for 'barren'
- Os grid reference
- HU492935
- Coordinates
- 60°37′N 1°06′W / 60.62°N 1.1°W / 60.62; -1.1
- Island group
- Shetland
- Area
- 21,211 ha (81.9 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- Hill of Arisdale 210 m (689 ft)
- Council area
- Shetland Islands
- Country
- Scotland
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Population density
- 4.3 people/km
- Largest settlement
- Mid Yell
via Wikipedia infobox
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Yell is one of the North Isles of Shetland, Scotland. In the 2011 census it had a resident population of 966. It is the second largest island in Shetland after the Mainland with an area of 82 square miles (212 km), and is the third most populous in the archipelago (fifteenth out of the islands in Scotland), after the Mainland and Whalsay.
The island's bedrock is largely composed of Moine schist with a north–south grain, which was uplifted during the Caledonian mountain building period. Peat covers two-thirds of the island to an average depth of 1.5 metres (4.9 feet).
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