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[[Image:Wfm shetland map.svg|thumb|upright=1.35|The [[Shetland]] archipelago]]
[[Image:UpHellyAa7(AnneBurgess)30Jan1973.jpg|thumb|[[Up Helly Aa]] festival]]
This is a '''list of Shetland islands''' in [[Scotland]]. The Shetland archipelago is located {{convert|100|km|mi}} north of mainland Scotland and the capital [[Lerwick]] is almost equidistant from [[Bergen]] in [[Norway]] and [[Aberdeen]] in Scotland.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=McHattie |first1=Lynn-Sayers |last2=Champion |first2=Katherine |last3=Broadley |first3=Cara |title=Craft, textiles, and cultural assets in the Northern Isles: innovation from tradition in the Shetland Islands |journal=Island Studies Journal |date=2018 |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=39–54 |doi=10.24043/isj.47|doi-access=free|s2cid=55814031 }}</ref> The [[Shetland]] archipelago comprises about 300 islands and [[skerry|skerries]], of which 16 are inhabited. In addition to the [[Shetland Mainland]] the larger islands are [[Unst]], [[Yell, Shetland|Yell]] and [[Fetlar]].

The definition of an island used in this list is that it is land that is surrounded by seawater on a daily basis, but not necessarily at all stages of the tide, excluding human devices such as bridges and causeways.<ref>Various other definitions are used in the Scottish context. For example the [[General Register Office for Scotland]] define an island as 'a mass of land surrounded by water, separate from the Scottish mainland' but although they include islands linked by bridges etc. this is not clear from this definition. Haswell-Smith (2004) uses 'an Island is a piece of land or group of pieces of land which is entirely surrounded by water at Lowest Astronomical Tide and to which there is no permanent means of dry access'. This is widely agreed to be unhelpful as it consciously excludes bridged islands.</ref> There are four islands joined to the Shetland Mainland by bridges, [[East Burra]], [[West Burra]], [[Trondra]], and [[Muckle Roe]]. There is also a bridge from [[Housay]] to [[Bruray]].<ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) page 460.</ref> Nowhere in Shetland is more than three&nbsp;miles (5&nbsp;km) from the sea.<ref name=visit/> Mavis Grind ([[Old Norse]] for "gate of the narrow [[isthmus]]") is a narrow neck of land little more than 100&nbsp;metres (328&nbsp;feet) wide separating [[St. Magnus Bay]] and the Atlantic in the west from [[Sullom Voe]] and the [[North Sea]] in the east.<ref>[http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1404.html "Mavis Grind"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515214912/http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1404.html |date=15 May 2012 }} Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 28 July 2007.</ref>

The [[geology]] of Shetland is complex with numerous faults and [[fold (geology)|fold]] axes. These islands are the northern outpost of the [[Caledonian orogeny]] and there are outcrops of [[Lewisian complex|Lewisian]], Dalradian and [[Moine Supergroup|Moine]] metamorphic rocks with similar histories to their equivalents on the Scottish mainland. Similarly, there are also [[Old Red Sandstone]] deposits and [[granite]] intrusions. The most distinctive feature is the ultrabasic [[ophiolites|ophiolite]], [[peridotite]] and [[gabbro]] on Unst and Fetlar, which is a remnant of the [[Iapetus Ocean]] floor.<ref>Gillen, Con (2003) ''Geology and landscapes of Scotland''. Harpenden. Terra. Pages 90–1.</ref> Much of the island's economy depends on the oil-bearing sediments in the surrounding seas.<ref name=Keay>Keay, J. & Keay, J. (1994) ''Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland''. London. HarperCollins.</ref> In the post-glacial epoch, {{circa|lk=no|6200 BC}}, the islands experienced a tsunami up to 20&nbsp;metres high caused by the [[Storegga Slide]]s, an immense underwater landslip off the coast of Norway.<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,441819,00.html "Study Sees North Sea Tsunami Risk"] ''Spiegel Online''. Retrieved 28 July 2007.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|first=Stein |last=Bondevik |author2=Dawson, Sue |author3=Dawson, Alastair |author4=Lohne, Øystein |date=5 August 2003 |title=Record-breaking Height for 8000-Year-Old Tsunami in the North Atlantic |journal=Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union |volume=84 |issue=31 |pages=289, 293 |doi=10.1029/2003EO310001 |bibcode=2003EOSTr..84..289B |hdl=1956/729 |doi-access=free |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

The islands all fall within the [[Shetland Islands Council]] local authority. They have been continuously inhabited since [[Neolithic]] times and experienced [[Norsemen|Norse]] rule for several centuries, the first written records being the Norse sagas.<ref name=visit>[http://walking.visitscotland.com/walks/orkneyshetland/ "Walk in Scotland: Orkney and Shetland"] Visit Scotland. Retrieved 15 July 2007.</ref><ref name=Shet>[http://www.visitshetland.com/about-shetland/history/ "A History of Shetland"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817041217/http://www.visitshetland.com/about-shetland/history/ |date=17 August 2007 }} Visit Shetland. Retrieved 25 July 2007.</ref> The excavations at [[Jarlshof]] near the southern end of the Mainland have provided archaeological evidence of life in Shetland since [[Bronze Age]] times and the annual [[Up Helly Aa]] fire festivals are a living reminder of Shetland's Viking past.<ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) page 437</ref><ref>Schei (2006) pages 198–99</ref><ref>[http://www.up-helly-aa.org.uk/ "Up Helly Aa 1998"] up-helly-aa.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2007.</ref> The archipelago is exposed to wind and tide and there are numerous [[lighthouse]]s as an aid to navigation.<ref>[http://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Main/ "Lighthouse Library"] Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 9 May 2012.</ref> A small [[wind farm]] in Shetland recently achieved a world record of 58% capacity over the course of a year.<ref>[http://www.reuk.co.uk/Burradale-Wind-Farm-Shetland-Islands.htm "Burradale Wind Farm Shetland Islands"] REUK.co.uk. Retrieved April 2007. This record is claimed by Burradale windfarm located just a few miles outside Lerwick and operated by Shetland Aerogenerators Ltd. Since opening in 2000 with three [[Vestas]] V47 660&nbsp;kW turbines, this wind farm has had an average capacity factor of 52% and, according to this report, in 2005 averaged a world record 57.9%.</ref> The indigenous [[Shetland pony|Shetland ponies]] are reputed for their strength and hardiness.<ref name= Shet/>

==Main list==
[[Image:Kirkabister Ness.jpg|thumb|[[Bressay|Bressay Lighthouse]] at Kirkabister Ness, Shetland]]
[[Image:Muckle Flugga.jpg|thumb|[[Muckle Flugga]] [[lighthouse]], [[Shetland]]]]
[[Image:A misty day at Mousa Broch.jpg|thumb|The [[broch]] on [[Mousa]]]]
[[Image:Uyea Isle.jpg|thumb|The Mainland from [[Uyea, Unst|Uyea]]]]
[[Image:Lerwick.shetland.2.jpg|thumb|[[Lerwick]]]]
[[Image:Jarlshof Prehistoric Site.jpg|thumb|[[Jarlshof]]]]
[[Image:PicAithVillage.jpg|thumb|The Mainland village of [[Aith]]]]
The [[Scalloway Islands]] are a small archipelago at the entrance to Weisdale Voe in the South West. The [[North Isles]] is the name given to the group including Yell, Unst and Fetlar. There are also numerous islands in [[Yell Sound]] between the Mainland and Yell and in St. Magnus Bay to the west, especially near the strait of Swarbacks Minn, but the number and diverse locations of the Shetland islands makes further classification difficult.

Records for the last date of settlement for the smaller uninhabited islands are incomplete, but almost of the islands listed here would have been inhabited at some point during the [[Neolithic]], [[Picts|Pictish]], [[Norsemen|Norse]] or modern periods.

'Ward' appears regularly as the name of the highest point on the island. The derivation of the name is from those high places being used for the lighting of warning beacons.<ref>[http://www.orkneyjar.com/placenames/pl-root.htm "Orkney Placenames – natural features"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116045149/http://www.orkneyjar.com/placenames/pl-root.htm |date=16 November 2011 }} Orkneyjar.com. Retrieved 15 July 2007.</ref><ref>[https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/shetland-os-name-books-1877-1878/shetland-volume-01/343 “Ward of Bressay OS1/31/1/343”] ScotlandsPlaces. Retrieved 5 September 2021.</ref>

The total population of the archipelago was 21,988 in 2001<ref name= GRO>{{GRO10}}</ref> and had grown to 23,167 by the time of the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]].<ref name=NRS>{{NRS1C}}</ref>

{{static row numbers}}
{| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-text " 
|-
!Island
! Location
!Area ([[hectare|ha]])<ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) save those indicated with an asterisk, which are estimates based on [[Ordnance Survey]] maps and General Register Office for Scotland (2003) statistics.</ref>
!Population<ref name=NRS/>
!Last inhabited<ref>For uninhabited islands indicates the last known date of permanent, year round settlement. Information is from Haswell-Smith (2004) save those indicated with a separate footnote.</ref>
!Highest point<ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) and [[Ordnance Survey]] maps.</ref>
!Height (m)<ref>[[Ordnance Survey]] maps. Note that the maps mark the height above sea level of an elevated place on most islands, but in a small number of cases, this may not be the highest point.</ref>
|-
| [[Balta, Shetland|Balta]]
| [[North Isles]]
| 80
| 0
| Norse times or later
| Muckle Head
| 44
|-
| [[Bigga, Shetland|Bigga]]
| Yell Sound
| 78
| 0
| 1930s
|
| 34
|-
| [[Bressay]]
| East of Lerwick
| 2805
| 368
|
| Ward of Bressay
| 226
|-
| [[Brother Isle]]
| Yell Sound
| 40
| 0
| 1820s?
|
| 25
|-
| [[Bruray]]
| [[Out Skerries]]
| 55
| 24
|
| Bruray Ward
| 53
|-
| [[East Burra]]
| [[Scalloway Islands]]
| 515
| 76
|
| Easter Heog
| 81
|-
| [[Fair Isle]]
| Outlier
| 768
| 68
|
| Ward Hill
| 217
|-
| [[Fetlar]]
| [[North Isles]]
| 4078
| 61
|
| Ward Hill
| 158
|-
| [[Foula]]
| Outlier
| 1265
| 38
|
| The Sneug
| 418
|-
| [[Hascosay]]
| Colgrave Sound, Yell
| 275
| 0
| 1850s
|
| 30
|-
| [[Hildasay]]
| [[Scalloway Islands]]
| 108
| 0
| 1890s
|
| 32
|-
| [[Housay]]
| [[Out Skerries]]
| 163
| 50
|
| North Hill
| 53
|-
| [[Lamba, Shetland|Lamba]]
| Yell Sound
| 43
| 0
| unknown
|
| 35
|-
| [[Linga, Muckle Roe|Linga near Muckle Roe]]
| Swarbacks Minn
| 70
| 0
| unknown
|
| 69
|-
| [[Linga, Yell|Linga]]
| Bluemull Sound, Yell
| 45
| 0
| unknown
|
| 26
|-
| [[Mainland, Shetland|Mainland]]
| Mainland
| 96879
| 18765
|
| [[Ronas Hill]]
| 450
|-
| [[Mousa]]
| East of Mainland
| 180
| 0
| 1841–60
| Mid Field
| 55
|-
| [[Muckle Roe]]
| Swarbacks Minn
| 1773
| 130
|
| Mid Ward
| 172
|-
| [[Isle of Noss]]
| Bressay
| 343
| 0
| 1930s
| Noup of Noss
| 181
|-
| [[Oxna]]
| [[Scalloway Islands]]
| 68
| 0
| 1901–1930
| Muckle Ward
| 38
|-
| [[Papa, Shetland|Papa]]
| [[Scalloway Islands]]
| 59
| 0
| 1891–1930
|
| 32
|-
| [[Papa Little]]
| Swarbacks Minn
| 226
| 0
| 1840s
| North Ward
| 82
|-
| [[Papa Stour]]
| St Magnus Bay
| 828
| 15
|
| Virda Field
| 87
|-
| [[Samphrey]]
| Yell Sound
| 66
| 0
| 1841–1880
|
| 29
|-
| [[South Havra]]
| [[Scalloway Islands]]
| 59
| 0
| 1923
|
| 42
|-
| [[Trondra]]
| [[Scalloway Islands]]
| 275
| 135
|
|
| 60
|-
| [[Unst]]
| [[North Isles]]
| 12068
| 632
|
| Saxa Vord
| 284
|-
| [[Uyea, Northmavine, Shetland|Uyea, Northmavine]]
| North Mainland
| 45
| 0
| unknown
|
| 70
|-
| [[Uyea, Unst]]
| [[North Isles]]
| 205
| 0
| 1931–60
| The Ward
| 50
|-
| [[Vaila]]
| Gruting Voe
| 327
| 2
|
| East Ward
| 95
|-
| [[Vementry]]
| Swarbacks Minn
| 370
| 0
| 1840s
| Muckle Ward
| 90
|-
| [[West Burra]]
| [[Scalloway Islands]]
| 743
| 776
|
| Hill of Sandwick
| 65
|-
| [[West Linga]]
| Whalsay
| 125
| 0
| late 18th century
|
| 52
|-
| [[Whalsay]]
| Whalsay
| 1970
| 1061
|
| Ward of Clett
| 119
|-
| [[Yell, Shetland|Yell]]
| [[North Isles]]
| 21211
| 966
|
| Hill of Arisdale
| 210
|}

==Smaller islets and skerries==
[[Image:Dore Holm 5829.jpg|thumb|[[Dore Holm]]]]
[[Image:Baa Skerries.jpg|thumb|Baa Skerries, Unst]]
[[Image:Noup of Noss.jpg|thumb|Noup of Noss]]
[[Image:Muckle Ayre Beach, Muckle Roe, Shetland.jpg|thumb|Muckle Ayre, Muckle Roe, looking across Swarbacks Minn]]
[[Image:Klippen bei Eshaness2 5834.JPG|thumb|Moo Stack, Eshaness, Northmaven]]
[[Image:Muckle Flaes and Vaila from Culswick.jpg|thumb|Muckle Flaes and Vaila from the east]]
[[Image:Out Stack.jpg|thumb|Out Stack, off Unst, the most northerly point in Scotland]]
This is a continuing list of uninhabited smaller Shetland islands, tidal islets only separated at higher stages of the tide, and skerries which are only exposed at lower stages of the tide. Many of these islets are called "[[Holm (island)|Holm]]" from the [[Old Norse]] ''holmr'', meaning a "small and rounded islet". "Swarta Skerry" (Old Norse:' ''svartar sker'') –  "black skerry" is also a common name, as are "[[List of islands called Linga|Linga]]", meaning "heather island", "Taing" (Old Norse: ''tangi'') meaning "tongue"  and "Flaesh" (Old Norse: ''fles'') meaning "flat skerry".<ref>Waugh, Doreen J., ''Orkney Place-names'' in Omand, Donald (ed.) (2003) ''The Orkney Book''. Edinburgh, Birlinn. Page 119.</ref> "Hog" and "calf" are used to indicate a small island, in the latter case usually adjacent to a larger one.<ref>'Calf' as in the [[Calf of Man]], [[Calf of Eday]] is from the Norse ''kalfr'' – see Kneen, J.  J. (1925) [http://isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/pn1925/rn.htm ‘Parish of Kirk Christ (or Holy Trinity) Rushen’] ''The Place-Names of the Isle of Man With their Origin and History.'' Douglas: The Manx Society. Retrieved 6 September 2021.</ref><ref>A ‘hog’ is a young sheep in [[Scots language|Scots]]. [https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/hog_n1_v1 ‘HOG, Hogg’] ''Scottish National Dictionary''.  Dictionaries of the Scots Language. Retrieved 6 September 2021.</ref>

===Surrounding the mainland===
*'''North-east Mainland''':{{Ref_label|A|a|none}} Bronga, Flat Stack, Green Isle, Hellam, Hog Island, Longa Skerry, Muckle Stack, Sandrift Skerries, Scarve Skerry, Skerry of Lunning, Stack of the Skersons, Stany Hog, Swarta Skerry (3), Taing.
*'''South Nesting Bay''':{{Ref_label|A|b|none}} Climnie, Corn Holm, Cunning Holm, Fiska Skerry, Haerie, Holm of Skellister, Inner Voder, Linga Skerries, Litla Billan, Muckla Billan, Muckle Fladdicap, South Holm, Spentlie Holm.
*'''East Mainland''':{{Ref_label|A|c|none}} Aiplin, Aswick Skerries, Brethren, Eswick Holm, Gult Holm, Holm of Califf, Holms of Vatsland, [[Hoo Stack]], Little Holm, [[North Isle of Gletness]], South Holm, [[South Isle of Gletness]], Stacks of Vatsland, Stunger, Tainga Skerry.
*'''South Mainland''':{{Ref_label|A|d|none}} Balla Skerry, Big Kiln, Big Skerry, Black Skerry, Broad Stack, Cloki Stack, [[Colsay]], Dedda Skerry, Great Skerry, Hog of the Holm, Hog of the Ness, Holm of Helliness, Holm of Sound, [[Horse Holm]], [[Lady's Holm]], [[Little Holm, Scatness|Little Holm]], Little Tind, Longa Skerry, Loos Laward, Lyoonigie Skerry, Muckle Hallitie, Ord Skerries, Ripack Stack, Scarfa Skerry, Scarfi Skerry, Scarf Taing, Seli Stack, Skerries of Longi-geo, Skerries of Sunngeo, Skerry of Okraquoy, Skersan, Skersund Skerry, Stack of Baronsgeo, Stack of Billyageo, Stack of Okraquoy, Stack of Otter Geo, Starling Rock, Swarta Skerry, The Moul, Wester Skerry, Whale Back.
*'''St Ninian's Isle''': Coar Holm, Fora Stack, High Herbi Clett, Hevda, Hich Holm, Inns Holm, Loose Head, Sand Skerry, Sweyn Holm.
*'''South West Mainland''':{{Ref_label|A|e|none}} Billia Cletts, Black Skerry, [[Burwick Holm]], Cure Holm, Griskerry, Holm of Maywick, Hoove Holm, Kirk Skerry, Little Fogla Stack, Sheep-pund, The Skerry.
*'''Weisdale Voe''':{{Ref_label|A|f|none}} Flotta, [[Greena]], Havra Skerry, Holm of Quoyness, Holms of Hogaland, Hoggs of Hoy, [[Hoy, Shetland|Hoy]], Ingra Pund, Junk, North Havra, Scarf Stane, Silver Skerry.
*'''Walls and Sandness''':{{Ref_label|A|g|none}} Aa Skerry, Aaskerry Taing, Berga Stack, Bousta Skerries, Braga, [[Broch of West Burrafirth]], Brough Skerries, {{Not a typo|Buid}} Stacks, Burga Stacks, Burnant Stack, Clett (2), Cley Stacks, Crabba Skerry, Daa Skerry, Erne's Stack (2), Fore Holm, Galta Skerry, Galta Stack, Giltarump, Grava Skerries, Groni Stack, Grossa Stack, Holm of Gruting, Holm of Sefster, Isle of West Burrafirth. Kirk Holm, Lang Stack, Litla Stack, Little Flaes, Long Skerry, Moo Stack, Muckle Flaes, Muman Skerry, Neean Skerry, Riv Skerries, Rusna Stacks, Seli Stack, Skerries of Easter Paill, Skerries of Tunasdaal, Skerries of Watsness, Skerry of Dale, Skerry of Stools, Skerry of the Wick, Snap, Swaaba Stack, Tainga Skerries, The Bak, The Heag, The Peak, Trea Wick, Turl Stack.
*'''Swarbacks Minn & Olna Firth''':{{Ref_label|A|h|none}}  Burgastoo, Green Holm, Heathery Holm, Holm of Burrafirth, Inga's Holm, Oggar Holm.
*'''Northmavine''':{{Ref_label|A|i|none}} Black Skerry, Black Skerry of Ramnageo, Burro Stacks, [[Dore Holm]], Egilsay, Eina Stack, Gill Stack, Gruna Stack, Holm of Culsetter, Isle of Gunnister, Isle of Nibon, Isle of Niddister, Isle of Westerhouse, Little Ossa, Moo Stack (2), Muckle Ossa, Nista Skerries, Scarf Skerry, Skerry of Eshaness, [[Isle of Stenness]], Stivva, Swart Skerry, Targies, The Bruddans, [[The Drongs]], The Hogg, The Runk.
*'''North Roe''':{{Ref_label|A|j|none}} Buska Stack, Burka Stack, Fugla Ness, Galti Stack (2), Gruna Stack, Hevda Skerries, Inner Booth, Little Gruna Stacks, Longa Skerry, Moo Stack, Munga Skerries, Nista Skerries, Outer Booth, Ship's Stone, Skerries of Fuglaness, Skerry of Skersound, Stack of Sumra, Stack of Weinnia-neap, Stuack, The Cleiver, The Hog, The Roodrans, The Stab, Troll Kona Stack, Valti Stack, Wilma Stack.
**'''[[Gruney]]''' and the '''[[Ramna Stacks]]''': The Club, Barlcudda, Flae-ass, Fladda, Ofoora, Stab, Hyter (formerly Driter), Speolk, Turla, Scordar, Outer Stack, Gaut Skerries.
*'''Yell Sound and [[Sullom Voe]]''':{{Ref_label|A|k|none}} Bark Stack, Billia Skerry, [[Fish Holm]], [[Linga, Yell Sound|Linga]], [[Little Holm, Yell Sound|Little Holm]], [[Little Roe]], Longa Skerry, [[Lunna Holm]], Meokame Skerry, Muckle Holm, North Holm of Burravoe, Outer Skerry, Pund of Barravoe, Sand Skerry, Setter Holm, Sinna Skerry, Skea Skerry, South Holm of Burravoe, Stack of Stavgeo, The Castle, The Flaess, The Neap, Trolla Stack, Trunka, Ungam, [[Wether Holm, Hamnavoe|Wether Holm]].
<small>
'''a.''' {{Note_label|A|a|none}} Lunna Holm to The Keen. '''b.''' {{Note_label|A|b|none}} The Keen to Moul of Eswick. '''c.''' {{Note_label|A|c|none}} Moul of Eswick to Easter Rova Head by Lerwick. '''d.''' {{Note_label|A|d|none}} Easter Rova Head to St Ninian's Isle. '''e.''' {{Note_label|A|e|none}} St Ninian's Isle to Usta Ness. '''f.''' {{Note_label|A|f|none}} Usta Ness to Fora Ness. '''g.''' {{Note_label|A|g|none}} Fora Ness to Face of Neeans. '''h.''' {{Note_label|A|h|none}} Face of Neeans to Roe Sound. '''i.''' {{Note_label|A|i|none}} Roe Sound to The Faither. '''j.''' {{Note_label|A|j|none}} The Faither to Point of Fethaland. '''k.''' {{Note_label|A|k|none}} Point of Fethaland to Lunna Holm.</small>

===Surrounding other islands===
[[Image:Lower slopes of Hermaness Hill, Unst.jpg|thumb|The skerries north of Unst including Vesta Skerry, Rumblings, Tipta Skerry, Muckle Flugga and Out Stack]]
[[Image:Galti Stacks.jpg|thumb|Galti Stacks off [[Papa Stour]] with Fogla Skerry in the background.]]
In the vicinity of:
*'''Bigga'''; Sigga Skerry, [[Uynarey]].
*'''Brother Isle'''; Stoura Baa, Tinga Skerry.
*'''Bressay'''; Flada Cap, Fugla Skerry, Holm of Beosetter, Holm of Cruester, Holm of Gunnista, Holm of Mel, Holm Skerry of Beosetter, Inner Score, Loofa Baa, Outer Score, Stoura Clett.
*'''East Burra'''; Holm of Hous, Holm of Papil, Peerie Hom of Clett, Scarf Skerry, Stacks of Houssness, Taing of Symbister.
*'''Fair Isle'''; Breiti Stack, Fogli Stack, Hoiliff, Lang Cole, Oa Stack, Stacks of Skroo, Swaabi Cole, The Burrian, The Crivv, The Fless, The Keels, The Skerry.
*'''Fetlar'''; Braga, Calf of Daaey, [[Daaey]], Outer Brough, Ruir Holm, Scarf Skerry, Stacks of Scambro, Stany Holm, The Clett, The Flaeshins, The Fludir, [[Urie Lingey]].
*'''Foula'''; Arvra Skerry, Blobrick, Da Baas o Stremness, Da Buddle Stane, Da Gloor, Da Rippack Stack, Da Sheepie, Da Skerries o da Rokness, Da Skerry o Hellabrik, Gaada Stack, Muntavie Stack.
*'''Hildasay'''; Easter Score Holm, Hogg of Linga, Hoe Skerry (east), Hoe Skerry (north), [[Langa, Shetland|Langa]], [[Linga, Hildasay|Linga]], Lunga Skerries, North Score Holm, Sanda Little, Sanda Stour, Swarta Skerry, The Nev, The Skerry, The Skult.
*'''Mousa'''; [[Peerie Bard]].
*'''Muckle Roe'''; Burki Skerries, Crog Holm, Lee Skerries, Lothan, Murbie Stacks, Riding Stack, Spindle, Swabi Stack, Tame Holm.
*'''Noss'''; [[Holm of Noss]].
*'''Out Skerries'''; Billia Skerry, [[Bound Skerry]], Easter Skerry, Filla, Flat Lamba Stack, [[Grunay]], Hevda Skerries, Horn Skerry, Lamba Stack, Little Bound Skerry, Little Skerry, Long Guen, Muckle Skerry, North Benelip, Old Man's Stack, Short Guen, South Benelip, Swaba Stack, Tamma Skerry, The Hogg, Vongs, [[Wether Holm, Out Skerries|Wether Holm]].
*'''Oxna'''; Bullia Skerry, Bulta, Bulta Skerry, Burrian, [[Cheynies]], Hoggs of Oxna, Retta Skerries, Spoose Holm, Steggies.
*'''Papa'''; Hogg of Papa, Papa Skerry, Skerry of Bag, [[West Head of Papa]].
*'''Papa Stour'''; Aesha Stack, Boinna Skerry, Borse Skerry, [[Brei Holm]], [[Fogla Skerry]], [[Forewick Holm]], Galti Stacks, [[Holm of Melby]], Koda Skerry, Lyra Skerry, [[Maiden Stack]], Skerries of Quidaness, Skerry of Lambaness, Sula Stack, Swarta Skerry, The Horn, Tiptans Skerry, Wilma Skerry.
**[[Ve Skerries]]: Helliogoblo, North Skerry, Ormal, Reaverack, The Clubb.
*'''South Havra''': [[Little Havra]].
*'''Trondra''': Black Skerry, Burland Skerry, Green Holm, Merry Holm, Skervie Skerry, Whaleback Skerry.
*'''Unst'''; Baa Skerries, Braava Skerries, Brindacks, [[Brough Holm]], Crickie's Chair, Cudda Stack, Flodda Stack, [[Haaf Gruney]], Hevda Skerry, Hinda Stack, Holm of Heogland, [[Holm of Skaw]], Humla Stack, [[Huney]], Hunts Holm, Inner Flaess, Lang Holm, Leegal Skerry, Little Flugga, Littlewick Stack, Longa Stacks, [[Muckle Flugga]], Neapna Stack, North Croga Skerry, North Holms, [[Out Stack]], Reasings, Round Holm, Rumblings, Ruskock, [[Sound Gruney]], South Croga Skerry, South Holms, Stackingro, Stackins-hocka, Stacks of Poindie, The Buss, The Greing, The Taing, Tipta Skerry, Tonga Stack, Tooa Stack, Tooral Stack, The Trinks o' Clave, The Vere, Urda Stack, Vesta Skerry, Whid Stack, Wilna Stack, Wurs Stack.
*'''Uyea, Northmavine''': Big Nev, Dorra Stack, Little Nev, Out Shuna Stack, Robert Irvine's Skerry, The Burrier.
*'''Uyea, Unst''': Cliva Skerries, Scarf Stack, [[Wedder Holm, Uyea|Wedder Holm]].
*'''Vaila''': Burrier Stacks, Gaada Stacks, Gluibuil, Holm of Breibister, Holm of Burrastow, Holm of Stapness, Humla Stack, [[Linga, Vaila|Linga]], Skerries of Linga, Stack of the Cuillian.
*'''Vementry''': Black Stane, Gruna, Holms of Uyea-sound, [[Linga (near Vementry)|Linga]], Skewart Holm, Swaba Stacks, Swarbacks Skerry, The Heag.
*'''West Burra''': Atla Holm, Black Stacks, [[Kettla_Ness#Fugla_Stack|Fugla Stack]], Inner Skerry, [[Kettla Ness]], Muckle Skerry, Red Skerries, Stack of Sandwick, Trondra Skerry, Ukna Skerry, West Skerry.
*'''West Linga:''' Beilla Skerry, Bruse Holm, Calf of Linga, Calf of Little Linga, Calf of Score Holm, Hunder Holm, [[Ketill Holm]], [[Little Linga]], Longa Skerry, Marra Flaeshins, Score Holm, Swarta Skerry, The Flaeshans, [[Wether Holm, West Linga|Wether Holm]].
*'''Whalsay'''; Flaeshans of Sandwick, [[Holm of Sandwick]], [[Inner Holm of Skaw]], [[Isbister Holm]], [[Mooa]], Nacka Skerry, [[Nista]], [[Outer Holm of Skaw]], Sava Skerry, [[Skate of Marrister]], Trota Stack.
**'''[[East Linga]]'''; Burlastack of Rumble, Calf of Linga, Flaeshans of Rumble, [[Grif Skerry]], Longa Skerries, Longa Stack, [[Rumble, Shetland|Rumble]], Swarta Skerries.
*'''Yell'''; Aastack, [[Bigga, Shetland|Bigga]], Black Skerry, [[Brother Isle]], Brough, Burravoe Chest, Fish Holm, [[Gloup Holm]], Gold Skerry, Green Holm, Grey Stack, Holm of West Sandwick, Horns of the Roe, Kay Holm, [[Linga, Yell|Linga]], [[Muckle Holm, Yell Sound|Muckle Holm]], Neapaback Skerries, [[Orfasay]], Outsta Ness, Rug, Skerry Wick, Stacks of Stuis, Sweinna Stack, The Clapper, The Quidin, Whalegeo Stacks, Whilkie Stack.

==Tidal islands==
[[Image:Tombolo St Ninians 5940.JPG|thumb|St Ninian's Isle tombolo]]
[[St Ninian's Isle]] is connected to Mainland Shetland by the largest active [[tombolo]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. Although the 'isle' is greater than 40 hectares in size it fails to meet the definition of an island used in this list as it is only surrounded by water during occasional [[spring tide]]s and storms.<ref>Haswell-Smith (2004) page 438.</ref><ref>[[Ordnance Survey]] maps. 436789,1120867 </ref>

Gluss Isle, similarly, is a [[peninsula]] connected to the mainland with a tombolo, and as such is not truly an island.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/shetland-os-name-books-1877-1878/shetland-volume-17/229|title=6 Inch Name Book of Part of the Parishes of Northmaven & Delting Shetland|publisher=Ordnance Survey|year=1878|series=Shetland OS Name Books, 1877–1878|volume=17|page=229|ref={{harvid|Shetland, Volume 17|1878}}|via=ScotlandsPlaces}}</ref>

[[Huney]] also has a tombolo that may connect it to [[Unst]] at very low tides.<ref>Pennington, Mike [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2998854 "The Yei, Huney"] Geograph. Retrieved 5 September 2021.</ref>

==[[Marilyn (hill)|Marilyns]]==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#f0f0f0;"
|-
!Peak
!Height (m)
!Prom. (m)
!Col (m)
!Grid ref.
!Parent
!Island
|- {{BIHillListRow|Marilyn}}
|[[Ronas Hill]]
|align=right|450
|align=right|450
|align=right|''Sea''
|{{gbm4ibx|HU305835}}
|''none''
|[[Shetland Mainland|Mainland]]
|- {{BIHillListRow|Marilyn}}
|[[The Sneug]]
|align=right|418
|align=right|418
|align=right|''Sea''
|{{gbm4ibx|HT947395}}
|''none''
|[[Foula]]
|- {{BIHillListRow|Marilyn}}
|[[Royl Field]]
|align=right|293
|align=right|287
|align=right|6
|{{gbm4ibx|HU396285}}
|[[Ronas Hill]]
|[[Shetland Mainland|Mainland]]
|- {{BIHillListRow|Marilyn}}
|[[Saxa Vord]]
|align=right|284
|align=right|284
|align=right|''Sea''
|{{gbm4ibx|HP631167}}
|''none''
|[[Unst]]
|- {{BIHillListRow|Marilyn}}
|[[Fitful Head]]
|align=right|283
|align=right|270
|align=right|13
|{{gbm4ibx|HU346135}}
|[[Royl Field]]
|[[Shetland Mainland|Mainland]]
|- {{BIHillListRow|Marilyn}}
|[[Scalla Field]]
|align=right|281
|align=right|266
|align=right|15
|{{gbm4ibx|HU389572}}
|[[Royl Field]]
|[[Shetland Mainland|Mainland]]
|- {{BIHillListRow|Marilyn}}
|[[Sandness Hill]]
|align=right|249
|align=right|226
|align=right|23
|{{gbm4ibx|HU191557}}
|[[Scalla Field]]
|[[Shetland Mainland|Mainland]]
|- {{BIHillListRow|Marilyn}}
|[[Ward of Bressay]]
|align=right|226
|align=right|226
|align=right|''Sea''
|{{gbm4ibx|HU502387}}
|''none''
|[[Bressay]]
|- {{BIHillListRow|Marilyn}}
|[[Ward Hill, Shetland|Ward Hill]]
|align=right|217
|align=right|217
|align=right|''Sea''
|{{gbm4ibx|HZ208734}}
|''none''
|[[Fair Isle]]
|- {{BIHillListRow|Marilyn}}
|[[Hill of Arisdale]]
|align=right|210
|align=right|210
|align=right|''Sea''
|{{gbm4ibx|HU495842}}
|''none''
|[[Yell (island)|Yell]]
|- {{BIHillListRow|Marilyn}}
|[[Dalescord Hill]]
|align=right|252
|align=right|203
|align=right|49
|{{gbm4ibx|HU393684}}
|[[Scalla Field]]
|[[Shetland Mainland|Mainland]]
|- {{BIHillListRow|Marilyn}}
|[[Valla Field]]
|align=right|216
|align=right|201
|align=right|15
|{{gbm4ibx|HP584078}}
|[[Saxa Vord]]
|[[Unst]]
|- {{BIHillListRow|Marilyn}}
|[[Noss Head]]
|align=right|181
|align=right|181
|align=right|''Sea''
|{{gbm4ibx|HU553399}}
|''none''
|[[Isle of Noss]]
|- {{BIHillListRow|Marilyn}}
|[[The Noup]]
|align=right|248
|align=right|179
|align=right|69
|{{gbm4ibx|HT954375}}
|[[The Sneug]]
|[[Foula]]
|- {{BIHillListRow|Marilyn}}
|[[Scrae Field]]
|align=right|216
|align=right|178
|align=right|38
|{{gbm4ibx|HU417361}}
|[[Royl Field]]
|[[Shetland Mainland|Mainland]]
|- {{BIHillListRow|Marilyn}}
|[[Mid Ward]]
|align=right|172
|align=right|172
|align=right|''Sea''
|{{gbm4ibx|HU320652}}
|''none''
|[[Muckle Roe]]
|- {{BIHillListRow|Marilyn}}
|[[Ward of Scousburgh]]
|align=right|263
|align=right|166
|align=right|97
|{{gbm4ibx|HU388188}}
|[[Royl Field]]
|[[Shetland Mainland|Mainland]]
|- {{BIHillListRow|Marilyn}}
|[[Vord Hill]]
|align=right|159
|align=right|159
|align=right|''Sea''
|{{gbm4ibx|HU622935}}
|''none''
|[[Fetlar]]
|- {{BIHillListRow|Marilyn}}
|[[White Grunafirth]]
|align=right|173
|align=right|155
|align=right|18
|{{gbm4ibx|HU275807}}
|[[Ronas Hill]]
|[[Shetland Mainland|Mainland]]
|}

==See also==
* [[Shetland#Geography and geology|Geography of Shetland]]
* [[Geology of Scotland]]
* [[List of islands called Linga]]
* [[List of islands of Scotland]]
* [[List of Orkney islands]]
* [[List of Outer Hebrides]]
* [[List of the largest islands in the North Sea|North Sea islands]]
* [[Shetland#Population development|Shetland population]]

==References and footnotes==
;General references
{{Refbegin}}
* Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) ''The Scottish Islands''. Edinburgh. Canongate. {{ISBN|1-84195-454-3}}
* {{GRO10}}
*{{Ordnance Survey}}
* Schei, Liv Kjørsvik (2006) ''The Shetland Isles''. Grantown-on-Spey. Colin Baxter Photography. {{ISBN|978-1-84107-330-9}}
{{Refend}}
;Specific references and notes
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