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Sumburgh Head, the Glossary

Sumburgh Head is a headland located at the southern tip of the main island of the Shetland Archipelago, in northern Scotland.^[1]

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22 relations: Archipelago, Dolphin, Fair Isle, Ferry, Grutness, Headland, Jarlshof, Mainland, Shetland, Neolithic, Northern Lighthouse Board, Norway, Old Norse, Orkney, Puffin, Robert Stevenson (civil engineer), Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Scotland, Shetland, Sumburgh Airport, Sumburgh Head Lighthouse, Webcam, Whale.
Landforms of Shetland
Protected areas of Shetland
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds reserves in Scotland
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Shetland
Special Protection Areas in Scotland

Archipelago

An archipelago, sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.

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Dolphin

A dolphin is an aquatic mammal in the clade Odontoceti (toothed whale).

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Fair Isle (Friðarey; Fara), sometimes Fairisle, is the southernmost Shetland island, situated roughly from the Shetland Mainland and about from North Ronaldsay (the most northerly island of Orkney). Sumburgh Head and Fair Isle are sites of Special Scientific Interest in Shetland and Special Protection Areas in Scotland.

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Ferry

A ferry is a boat that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water.

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Grutness

Grutness is a small settlement and headland at the southern tip of the main island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland.

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Headland

A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water.

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Jarlshof

Jarlshof is the best-known prehistoric archaeological site in Shetland, Scotland.

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Mainland, Shetland

The Mainland is the main island of Shetland, Scotland.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Northern Lighthouse Board

The Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) is the general lighthouse authority for Scotland and the Isle of Man.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Old Norse

Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages.

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Orkney

Orkney (Orkney; Orkneyjar; Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands (archaically "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago off the north coast of Scotland.

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Puffin

Puffins are any of three species of small alcids (auks) in the bird genus Fratercula.

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Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)

Robert Stevenson, FRSE, FGS, FRAS, FSA Scot, MWS (8 June 1772 – 12 July 1850) was a Scottish civil engineer, and designer and builder of lighthouses.

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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a charitable organisation registered in England and Wales and in Scotland.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Shetland

Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway.

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Sumburgh Airport

Sumburgh Airport is the main airport serving Shetland in Scotland.

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Sumburgh Head Lighthouse

Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Sumburgh Head at the southern tip of the Mainland of Shetland. Sumburgh Head and Sumburgh Head Lighthouse are Protected areas of Shetland.

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Webcam

A webcam is a video camera which is designed to record or stream to a computer or computer network.

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Whale

Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumburgh_Head