Hascosay
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Hascosay (; Old Norse "Hafskotsey") is a small island lying between Yell and Fetlar in the Shetland Islands, Scotland.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Hascosay is referenced by 123 other articles, and connects out to Shetland Islands, Yell and United Kingdom.
The entry is geolocated on the map in isle, across 6 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Former populated places in Scotland, Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Shetland and Special Areas of Conservation in Scotland.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
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
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 2.75
- Image
- House on Hascosay - geograph.org.uk - 1470084.jpg
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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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On the map
6 mapped locations