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Yell, the second largest of the Shetland Islands, in pars, of Fetlar and North Yell, and Mid and South Yell, separated from the Mainland by Yell Sound, 1¾ to 6 miles broad, 25 miles N. of Lerwick, pop. 2529; is 17 miles long from N. to S., and from £ mile to 6½ miles broad, and has a generally bleak and moorish surface, rising to a maximum alt. of 672 ft.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "island" (ADL Feature Type: "islands") |
| Administrative units: | Shetland County |
| Place: | Yell |
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