Northmavine
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Northmavine or Northmaven (from Old Norse , "north of the narrow isthmus") is a sparsely populated peninsula in Shetland, forming the northernmost part of Mainland. The peninsula has historically formed a civil parish of the same name. The modern Northmavine community council area has the same extent. The area of the parish is given as 204.1 km2.
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It sits within the topics Mainland, Shetland, Neolithic Scotland and Neolithic settlements.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- presque-isle
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Shetland Islands
- Population
- 741
- Area
- 204.1
- Highest point
- Ronas Hill
- Image
- Esha Ness as the storm approaches - geograph.org.uk - 1524855.jpg
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Northmavine or Northmaven (from Old Norse , "north of the narrow isthmus") is a sparsely populated peninsula in Shetland, forming the northernmost part of Mainland. The peninsula has historically formed a civil parish of the same name. The modern Northmavine community council area has the same extent. The area of the parish is given as 204.1 km2.
==Summary== Northmavine includes the villages of Hillswick, Ollaberry, and North Roe. An isthmus, Mavis Grind, about a hundred yards across, forms the sole connection with the rest of Mainland. The coast is indented by numerous bays and consists largely of high, steep rocks. There are a number of high, fissured, cavernous cliffs on the west coast, faced by many skerries, islets, and offshore rocks. The interior has a very small amount of arable land; it consists mostly of rough, rising ground, including Ronas Hill, the highest point in all Shetland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Northmavine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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