A quale Stato appartengono le Isole Shetland?
A quale Stato appartengono le Isole Shetland?
Isole Shetland
| Isole Shetland area di consiglio | |
|---|---|
| Stato | Regno Unito Scozia |
| Amministrazione | |
| Capoluogo | Lerwick |
| Territorio |
Quante sono le Isole Shetland?
Questa voce è una lista delle isole Shetland in Scozia. L'arcipelago delle Shetland si trova a 100 km a nord della terraferma scozzese e la capitale Lerwick è quasi equidistante da Bergen in Norvegia e Aberdeen in Scozia. L'arcipelago comprende circa 300 isole e scogli, delle quali 16 sono abitate.
Where are the Shetland Islands in Scotland?
- Shetland Islands. The Shetland Islands are the most northerly part of Britain, a group of islands 100 miles north of mainland Scotland. The largest town, Lerwick, is closer to Norway than to Edinburgh, and culturally and geographically they feel more Norse than Scottish.
What is the largest settlement in the Shetland?
- Largest settlement. Lerwick. Shetland (Scots: Shetland, Scottish Gaelic: Sealtainn), also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated in the Northern Atlantic, between Great Britain, the Faroe Islands and Norway.
Are the islands of Shetland named after Norse gods?
- Most of the individual islands have Norse names, although the derivations of some are obscure and may represent pre-Norse, possibly Pictish or even pre- Celtic names or elements. Shetland is around 170 km (106 mi) north of mainland Scotland and 350 km (217 mi) west of Bergen, Norway.
What is the difference between Hjaltland and Shetland?
- When the Scandinavian Norn language previously spoken by the inhabitants of the islands was replaced by the Shetland dialect of Scots (a gradual process), Hjaltland became Ȝetland. The initial letter is the Middle Scots letter, yogh, the pronunciation of which is almost identical to the original Norn sound, /hj/.
