Rousee

Rousee
Norse name	Hrólfsey
Meanin o name	Auld Norse for "Hrolf's island"
	; Trumland Hoose on Rousay, designed bi David Bryce wha an aa designed Balfour Castle on Shapinsay.
Location
	Rousee Rousay shawn athin Orkney
OS grid reference	HY407309
Coordinates	59°10′N 3°02′W / 59.17°N 3.03°W
Physical geography
Island group	Orkney
Aurie	4,860 hectare (18.8 sq mi)
Aurie rank	23
Heichest elevation	Blotchnie Fiold 249 metre (817 ft)
Admeenistration
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Kintra	Scotland
Cooncil aurie	Orkney Islands
Demografics
Population	216
Population rank	30
Population density	4.4 people/km2
Lairgest settlement	Banks
References

Rousee (Inglis: Rousay; Auld Norse: Hrólfsey meanin Rolf's Island) is a smaw, hilly island aboot 3 km (1.9 mi) north o The Mainland, Orkney.

References

↑ Orkney Placenames Archived 2000-08-30 at the Wayback Machine. Orkneyjar. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
1 2 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.
1 2 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.
1 2 Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 383-86
↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 5 Orkney (Northern Isles) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2008. ISBN 9780319228111.
↑ Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) Orkneyinga Saga. Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). ISBN 0-901824-25-9
↑ Pedersen, Roy (Januar 1992) Orkneyjar ok Katanes (map, Inverness, Nevis Print)

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