Uyea, Northmavine

Uyea
Old Norse name	Øyja
Meaning of name	possibly Old Norse for "island of the sacred place". Island beside the pasture land.
	; Uyea showing the connecting beach.
Location
	Uyea Uyea shown within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU313929
Coordinates	60°37′N 1°26′W / 60.62°N 1.43°W
Physical geography
Island group	Shetland
Area	45 ha (0.17 sq mi)
Area rank	205=
Highest elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Administration
Council area	Shetland Islands
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Demographics
Population	0
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Uyea (Template:Lang-sco in Shetland dialect spelling) is an uninhabited tidal island located to the northwest of Mainland, Shetland. Uyea lies off the Northmavine peninsula, from where it can be reached by foot at low tide.^[4] The island's highest elevation is 70 metres (230 ft) and its area is 45 hectares (0.17 sq mi).

There are several natural arches on its rocky coast, as well as challenging rock climbs. Surrounding skerries include Big Nev, Dorra Stack, Little Nev, Out Shuna Stack, Robert Irvine's Skerry, and The Burrier.^[2]^[3]^[5]

References

^ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
^ ^a ^b Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
^ ^a ^b Get-a-map (Map). Ordnance Survey.
^ "Shetland Walking". Retrieved 8 January 2008.
^ "Overview of Uyea". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 8 January 2008.

60°37′20″N 1°25′08″W / 60.62222°N 1.41889°W / 60.62222; -1.41889

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[RankNote-1] Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.

[Smith-2] Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.

[OS-3] Get-a-map (Map). Ordnance Survey.

[4] "Shetland Walking". Retrieved 8 January 2008.

[5] "Overview of Uyea". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 8 January 2008.

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v t e Northmavine
Populated places	Villages: Hillswick North Roe Ollaberry Sullom Other settlements Assater Braehoulland Braewick Burnside Eastwick Fethaland Gunnister Haggrister Hamnavoe Heylor Hogaland Housetter Isbister Mangaster Nibon North Gluss South Gluss Sandvoe Skelberry Stenness Swinister Tangwick Upper Urafirth Urafirth Ure Valladale Voe West Heogaland
Geography	Land features Esha Ness Hillswick Ness Tingon Coastal features: Calder's Geo Grind of the Navir Lang Ayre Mavis Grind Maritime features Ronas Voe St Magnus Bay Sullom Voe Yell Sound Islets: Dore Holm The Drongs Egilsay Skerry of Eshaness Muckle Ossa Isle of Nibon Isle of Niddister Ramna Stacks Isle of Stenness Uyea Isle of Westerhouse Hills: Ronas Hill Lochs: Eela Water Johnnie Mann's Loch Punds Water
History	Battle of Ronas Voe Gunnister Man
Buildings	List of listed buildings Esha Ness Lighthouse Tangwick Haa
People	Johnnie Notions Tom Anderson

v t e Shetland
Inhabited islands	Mainland Bressay Burra East Burra West Burra Fair Isle Fetlar Foula Muckle Roe North Isles Out Skerries Papa Stour Trondra Unst Vaila Whalsay Yell
Other islands	Balta Bigga Brother Isle Colsay Hascosay Hildasay Lamba Linga, Bluemull Sound Linga, Busta Voe Linga (near Vementry) Linga, Vaila Sound Linga, Yell Sound Mousa Noss Oxna Papa Papa Little Samphrey South Havra St Ninian's Isle Uyea, Northmavine Uyea, Unst Vementry Ve Skerries West Linga
Towns and villages	Lerwick Aith Baltasound Bigton Bixter Brae Cunningsburgh Grutness Gulberwick Gutcher Haroldswick Hillswick Levenwick Mid Yell Mossbank North Roe Ollaberry Quarff Sandwick Scalloway Symbister Toab Toft Ulsta Uyeasound Vidlin Voe Walls Weisdale Whiteness
Mainland Parishes	Delting Dunrossness Lerwick Nesting Northmavine Sandsting Tingwall Walls and Sandness
Insular Parishes	Bressay Fetlar Unst Yell
Maritime features	Balta Sound Bluemull Sound Burra Voe Busta Voe Calder's Geo Ronas Voe St Magnus Bay Sullom Voe West Voe of Sumburgh Yell Sound
Extreme points (N S E W)	Out Stack The Skerry, off Fair Isle Bound Skerry Waster Hoevda, Foula
Topics	Animal breeds Etymology History Prehistory

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