Premise: This is a list of Shetland islands in Scotland. The Shetland archipelago is located 100 km north of mainland Scotland and the capital Lerwick is almost equidistant from Bergen in Norway and Aberdeen in Scotland. The Shetland archipelago comprises about 300 islands and skerries, of which 16 are inhabited. In addition to the Shetland Mainland the larger islands are Unst, Yell and Fetlar.
Hypothesis: There are fewer inhabited islands in the Shetland archipelage.