Gloup Holm
Encyclopedia
Gloup Holm is an islet in the Shetland Islands
, lying to the north of Yell.
.
Rocks to the north include the Clapper, Eagle Stack and Whilkie Stack. To the south west is Bagi Stack.
The island is owned by Robert Henderson, of neighbouring Cullivoe.
and Gloup Voe on the "mainland" of Yell. These names derive from the Old Norse
for a ravine.
Shetland Islands
Shetland is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies north and east of mainland Great Britain. The islands lie some to the northeast of Orkney and southeast of the Faroe Islands and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. The total...
, lying to the north of Yell.
Geography and geology
Gloup Holm is near to the part of Yell called North Heaps, near GloupGloup
Note: Gloup is common in Scottish placenames referring to a sea jet.Gloup is a village in the far north of the island of Yell in the Shetland Islands. It lends its name to nearby island of Gloup Holm....
.
Rocks to the north include the Clapper, Eagle Stack and Whilkie Stack. To the south west is Bagi Stack.
The island is owned by Robert Henderson, of neighbouring Cullivoe.
History
Gloup Holm derives its name from the village of GloupGloup
Note: Gloup is common in Scottish placenames referring to a sea jet.Gloup is a village in the far north of the island of Yell in the Shetland Islands. It lends its name to nearby island of Gloup Holm....
and Gloup Voe on the "mainland" of Yell. These names derive from the Old Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
for a ravine.