Şetland adaları

Şetland adaları (; ; ) — Birləşmiş Krallığın şimalında, Orkney və Farer adaları arasında yerləşən, Şotlandiyaya məxsus arxipelaq. Şetland adalarının sahəsi 1,466 km2, sahil xətti 1,500 kilometrdən çox və əhalisi təxminən 22 min nəfərdir. İnzibati mərkəzi Lervik şəhəridir. Adalar Birləşmiş Krallığın ən şimal nöqtəsidir. Şetland Şotlandiyanın 32 qraflığından biridir. Əvvəlcə Norveç müstəmləkəsi olan adalar 12 fevral 1472-ci ildə Şotlandiya tacının nəzarətinə keçmişdir.

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 Xarici keçidlər 


 Shetland Islands Council
 www.shetland.org
 shetlopedia.com, – The Online Shetland Encyclopedia
 HIE Area Profile – Shetland (PDF file) from Highlands and Islands Enterprise
 Shetlink – Shetland's Online Community
 National Library of Scotland: Scottish Screen Archive (selection of archive films about Shetland)


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