Muckle Roe
Appearance
Norse name | Rauðøy Mikla[1] |
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Meanin o name | big reid island |
Location | |
Muckle Roe shawn within the Shetland Islands | |
OS grid reference | HU317650 |
Coordinates | 60°22′N 1°25′W / 60.37°N 1.42°W |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Shetland |
Aurie | 1,773 hectare (6.8 sq mi) |
Aurie rank | 37 [3] |
Heichest elevation | Mid Ward 172 metre (564 ft)[2] |
Admeenistration | |
Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
Kintra | Scotland |
Cooncil aurie | Shetland Islands |
Demografics | |
Population | 130[4] |
Population rank | 43 [3] |
Population density | 7.3 fowk/km2[4][5] |
Lairgest settlement | Roesound |
References | [2][5][6][7] |
Muckle Roe is an island in Shetland, Scotland, in St. Magnus Bay, tae the wast o Mainland, Shetland. It haes a population o aroond 130 fowk, who mainly croft an live in the sooth east o the island.[7][8]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Waugh (2007) p. 541
- ↑ a b Get-a-map (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ↑ a b Aurie an population ranks: thare are c. 300 islands ower 20 ha in extent an 93 permanently inhabitit islands war leetit in the 2011 census.
- ↑ a b Naitional Records o Scotland (15 August 2013) (pdf) Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland - Release 1C (Part Two). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland’s inhabited islands". Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ↑ a b Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 406
- ↑ Fraser, Allen (2002) The Edinburgh Geologist: Old Norse and Norn names in Shetland. Issue 39 Retrieved 14 April 2007.
- ↑ a b Keay & Keay, (1994) p. 711
- ↑ Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 440