Unst, Shetland - multiview Muckle Flugga, Norwick, Skaw, Burrafirth - postcard

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Unst, Shetland - multiview including Muckle Flugga & Lighthouse / Norwick Beach / Skaw (most northerly house) / Burrafirth
• Publisher: John Sowrey, Shetland 
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Unst is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the third largest island in Shetland after the Mainland and Yell. It has an area of 46 square miles (120 km²).^[3]

Unst is largely grassland, with coastal cliffs. Its main village is Baltasound, formerly the second largest herring fishing port after Lerwick and now the location of a brewery, a leisure centre and the island's airport. Other settlements include Uyeasound, home to Greenwell's Booth (a Hanseatic warehouse) and Muness Castle (built in 1598 and sacked by pirates in 1627); and Haroldswick, location of a boat museum and a heritage centre.

The meaning of the name 'Unst' is unknown, but it appears to be of pre-Norse origin and is commonly said to mean Laurence, like a number of other islands in the Shetland archipelago (e.g. Yell and Fetlar). It is therefore presumably a name given by the pre-Scandinavian inhabitants, and perhaps originated among people speaking a dialect of the Pictish language.^[3] In Old Norse the island was called ""Ornyst"". This is possibly Old Norse for ""eagle's nest"".^[1]

Unst is currently in the middle of a project to excavate and display the island's Norse heritage. The Viking Unst scheme is funded until 2010, and has already begun excavation on three longhouses - 30 are known of on the island. The project also runs living history events during the summer. The replica Viking ship Skibladner can currently be seen ashore at Haroldswick.

Robert Louis Stevenson's father and uncle were the main design engineers for the lighthouse on Muckle Flugga, just off Hermaness on the north-west of the island. Stevenson visited Unst, and the island is claimed to have become the basis for the map of the fictional Treasure Island^[6] - a claim shared by Fidra in East Lothian.

On 7 January 2007, Unst was rocked by an earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale, which is believed to have been one of the most powerful earthquakes in the Norwegian Sea area in the past 10 years.^[7]

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=scotland

county/ country=shetland

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period=1945 - present

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