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	Visit Shetland - Official Site For Tourism In Shetland \| Homepage
		Shetland is a birdwatcher's paradise, and one of the most accessible wildernesses in Europe.
		Shetland has always been a rich source of musical talent, and is home to many world-renowned traditional musicians.
		On Thursday 31st May, the Shetland Museum and Archives was formally opened by the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay and HM Queen Sonja of Norway.
	www.visitshetland.com (575 words)

	Shetland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is an archipelago between the Orkney Islands and the Faroe Islands, north of mainland Scotland, with a total area of approximately 1466 km².
		Shetland is also a lieutenancy area, and comprises the Shetland constituency of the Scottish Parliament, and was formerly a county.
		Sometime in the 9th century, Shetland was invaded by the Norse and became a Norwegian colony for approximately 500 years, but ownership of Shetland, along with Orkney, defaulted to the crown of Scotland on 20 February 1472 following non-payment of the marriage dowry of Margaret of Denmark, queen of James III of Scotland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shetland_Islands (1047 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Shetland Islands
		Shetland is bounded to the north, east, and south by the North Sea, and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
		Shetland ponies, once bred for use in the coal mines of the British mainland, roam the hills along with sheep, which include the fl and brown native sheep.
		Shetland is administered by an all-purpose unitary authority, the Shetland Islands Council, which was established under the local government reforms implemented in 1975.
	au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576445/Shetland_Islands.html (677 words)

	South Shetland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Islands are still claimed by the original three nations: Argentina claims the Islands as part of Argentine Antarctica; Chile claims the Islands as part of Antártica Chilena Province; and the United Kingdom maintains a claim as part of the British Antarctic Territory.
		British explorer William Smith arrived to the islands on 19 February 1819, while cruising close to the northern edge of the islands, and claimed in the name of King George III, disembarking on the largest of the South Shetlands, King George Island by the same man on 16 October that year.
		Aitcho Islands is a group of small islands lying in the N entrance to English Strait (between Robert and Greenwich islands, being part of South Shetland Islands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Shetland_Islands (604 words)

	SHETLAND - LoveToKnow Article on SHETLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It consists of an archipelago of islands and islets, over 100 in number, situated to the north-east of Orkney, between 59 50 and 60 52 N. and 0 55 and 2 14 W., and bounded on the W. by the Atlantic and on the E. by the North Sea.
		Only twenty-seven islands of the group are inhabited, but in the case of some of them the population consists solely of a few lighthouse attendants, shepherds and keepers.
		The island is divided into Mainlanddistrict (comprising the parishes of Northmavine, Delting,Nesting, Sandsting, Walls, Tingwall, Bressay, Lerwick andDunrossness) and North Isles district (the parishes of Unst,Fetlar and Yell).
	44.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SH/SHETLAND.htm (4616 words)

	The Shetland Islands : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		Shetlanders are proud, warm, and often eager to share the treasures of their island chain with you.
		The Vikings held the islands from A.D. 800 until they were given to Scotland in 1469 as part of the wedding dowry of Princess Margaret of Norway when she married James III.
		Shetland ponies roam freely among the hills and common grazing lands in the island chain.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/theshetlandislands/2113010001.html (950 words)

	Shetland Today : Your online guide to The Shetland Islands
		SHETLAND is steeped in a rich folklore which springs from a society that has traditionally depended upon the land and the sea for its survival.
		Shetland Finns are unlike their Orkney counterparts who have much of the mermaid in them.
		Shetland is indeed a place of folklore and legend and has long had a tradition of storytelling which has allowed these tales to pass from one generation to the other.
	www.shetlandtoday.co.uk /visitor/content_details.asp?ContentID=6062 (1524 words)

	Shetland Islands - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Shetland Islands
		Traditionally, the Shetland Islanders used these strong animals to carry seaweed from the shore up to the fields, where it was spread as a fertilizer.
		the 100 islands are mostly bleak, hilly, and clad in moorland.
		Clickhimin Broch forms an island at the end of a causeway near Lerwick and was inhabited from c.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Shetland+Islands (502 words)

	Shetland Main Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		Shetland was Norse until 8 September 1468, when the islands were mortgaged to Scotland for 8,000 florins as part of the marriage agreement between the future James III and Princess Margrethe of Denmark.
		Shetland measures about 70 miles from Sumburgh Head in the south to Muckle Flugga off the coast of Unst in the north.
		The large islands of Yell and Unst lie to the north east of Mainland and are easily accessible from it by good ferry services.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /areashet (969 words)

	GENUKI: Shetland Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The surface of Shetland is generally bleak and moorish, and rises to a maximum alt.
		Shetland comprises 12 pars., and the police burgh of Lerwick.
		Shetland Archives are at 44 King Harald Street, Lerwick ZE1 0EQ; phone 01595 696247.
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/sct/SHI (655 words)

	Shetland Islands (United Kingdom) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		To summarize, the author Roy Grönneberg founded the Shetland branch of the SNP (Scottish National Party) in 1966 and was active towards increased autonomy of the islands.
		In 1969 he designed (together with a fellow student, Bill Adams) the flag of Shetland, commemorating the 500th anniversary of the transfer of the Shetlands to Scotland (from the king of Norway and Denmark).
		However, the website of Shetland Islands Council (www.shetland.gov.uk/) shows the coat of arms exactly as it appears on www.ngw.nl/int/gbr/scot/shetland.htm, so this must be definitive.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/gb-shetl.html (907 words)

	Dog and Kennel Magazine Shetland Sheepdog Breed Profile
		Shetland remained under Scandinavian rule until 1469, when Christian, king of Norway and Denmark, included the islands in his daughter Margaret's dowry when she married King James III of Scotland.
		Such commercial choices were detrimental to the island dogs' working abilities, and by the turn of the century more than a few people began to fear that the "authentic" island dogs were in danger of extinction.
		Shetland sheepdogs may have accompanied Scottish immigrants to the United States before 1911, but no members of the breed were registered with the American Kennel Club (AKC) until that year.
	www.petpublishing.com /dogken/breeds/sheltie.shtml (2008 words)

	Shetland Pony Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The first stud book stated that Shetland ponies 'are foaled in the fields, live in the fields and die in the fields' and so they are still seen today on their native islands.
		Shetlanders nearly lost control of their stock during this period, as most of the best stallions were exported for use in the mines.
		At home in their islands, Shetland ponies can still be seen grazing by the roadside, on the beaches or on the heathery hills with their photogenic foals at foot delighting the tourist and photographer -- looking wild but all owned and loved by a proud local crofter.
	www.imh.org /imh/bw/shet.html (1999 words)

	Tour The Shetland Islands
		Britain's northernmost islands are home to wildlife of all sorts --gulls, skuas, puffins and seals crowd the shorelines, and inland domestic sheep and the diminutive Shetland ponies outnumber people.
		Sparsely populated though the Shetlands are, they have a long history of human occupation as the remnants of Bronze Age, Iron Age and Norse buildings testify.
		Island heritage centre at nearby village of Clibberswick.
	www.scotland247.co.uk /shetland-islands2.htm (902 words)

	Shetland Islands. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Lerwick, on Mainland, is the principal town of the Shetland Islands.
		The surface of the islands is generally low and rocky, with few trees and spare soil.
		The Shetlands were not annexed to Scotland until 1472, when the islands were taken over as an unredeemed pledge of King Christian I of Norway and Denmark for the dowry of his daughter, Margaret, who married James III of Scotland.
	www.bartleby.com /65/sh/ShetlandI.html (309 words)

	Shetland Islands
		The Shetland Islands are most northerly of Scotland’s Island communities — 100 islands in all of which only 15 are inhabited — with a total population of almost 24,000.
		One of the reasons for the stability of these remote settlements is the Shetland economy, greatly strengthened by North Sea Oil and the development at Sullom Voe, now the biggest oil and liquified gas terminal in Europe.
		Access to the Shetland Islands is by sea from Aberdeen, Orkney, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Denmark and Norway and by air to Sumburgh Airport.
	www.go-britain.com /html/shetland_islands.htm (638 words)

	Shetland Museum - Textiles
		The Museum is in the Islands where Shetland knitting and Fair Isle knitting evolved.
		There are examples of weaving, Shetland taatit rugs and other textiles from many periods of commercial and social development in the Islands.
		From 1500, Shetland knitting was traded with visiting fishermen, especially the crews of the hundreds of Dutch herring boats which sheltered annually in Bressay Sound, to prepare for the summer herring fishing.
	www.shetland-museum.org.uk /collections/textiles/textiles.htm (395 words)

	Part 3 - Overview of the Results
		The Shetland Islands are a self-contained group of rocky islands at the northern-most apex of the British Isles.
		Shetland, which includes the bird sanctuary of Fair Isle and Noss, is not only a destination in its own right, but is also used by vessels travelling between continental Europe (especially Scandinavia) and destinations to the west.
		There is also a well-established Inter Island ferry service operated by Shetland Islands Council throughout the year; the navigation lights and marks are therefore a high priority to these users considering the long winter months common to Shetland.
	www.trinityhouse.co.uk /review/Part3Area6.htm (537 words)

	Shetland Islands Council - Ports and Harbours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Shetland, the northernmost part of the United Kingdom, consists of approximately 100 islands and has over 900 miles of coastline with several ports and many piers.
		The largest port in Shetland is the major oil port of Sullom Voe, for which the Shetland Islands Council, as Harbour Authority, is responsible.
		Sailing is a popular activity in Shetland and there are a number of marinas situated around the islands which have facilities for visiting yachts.
	www.shetland.gov.uk /ports (284 words)

	South Shetland Islands, 2003
		As amazing it may be, the many explorers did not venture much past the South Shetland Islands for several years after their discovery.
		Now the islands of the South Shetlands are littered with the remains of the whaling and sealing days.
		Ok, this isn't a part of the South Shetland Islands, but this tiny volcanic island lying on the eastern side of the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula played its part in the great Explorer era in Antarctica.
	www.cybamuse.com /antarctica/shetlands_03.htm (436 words)

	New FMB members from Shetland Islands
		The Shetland Islands are the most northerly of the island communities of the UK, with over 100 islands and skerries making up the archipelago of Shetland.
		The Shetland economy is one of the reasons for the stability of the remote settlements.
		Barley, oats, turnips and potatoes are the main crops grown on the islands.
	www.fmb.org.uk /publications/masterbuilder/september02/10.asp (504 words)

	Scottish Highlands Explorer: Map of Shetland, Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Shetland Islands Norse heritage is celebrated every year, on the last Tuesday in January, with the Up-Helly-Aa festival.
		The islands were owned by Norway up until the 15th century, when they were given as part of the dowry of Margaret of Norway, for her marriage to James III of Scotland.
		The islands now serve as supply base for many of the North Sea oil platforms to the east, and much of the oil comes ashore to the terminal at Sullom Voe.
	www.cali.co.uk /HIGHEXP/Shetisle.htm (288 words)

	Breeds of Livestock - Shetland Pony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Shetland Islands, lying off the northern coast of Scotland, are mostly barren and have a harsh climate.
		Shetlands are now mostly pets, but compete in weight-pulling events, are shown in halter classes, and put to small vehicles for driving.
		The Shetland Pony is recognized as the strongest Equid relative to size in existence.
	www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/horses/shetland (419 words)

	Breeds of Livestock Project - Shetland Sheep
		The Shetland is the smallest of the British breeds and it retains many of the characteristics of wild sheep.
		Shetland wool has a Bradford count usually in the upper 50's to lower 60's and a fiber diameter range of 20 -25 microns.
		The purpose of the association is to assist breeders of Shetland Sheep in North America in maintaining the purity and quality of the breed and to provide accurate registration and pedigree records for informed breeding decisions.
	www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/sheep/shetland (518 words)

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	www.best-hotel.com /hotels/scotland/shetland_islands.html (193 words)

	Shetland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Shetland Islands (sometimes historically spelled Zetland, formerly Hjaltland) are one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and also form a traditional county and Lieutenancy area.
		The older Norn was replaced by Lowland Scots which in turn is being replaced by Scottish English.
		"" (1937) dramatizes the evacuation of the Islands and the ensuing tragedy.
	www.collegestation.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Shetland_Islands (281 words)

	Shetland Enterprise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Shetland lies at the north-western frontier of the European Union, over 200 miles north of Aberdeen.
		The role of Shetland Enterprise is to help people, companies and organisations within the local economy to realise their full potential.
		HIE network strategy Our aim is to enable people living in the Highlands and Islands to realise their full potential on a long-term sustainable basis.
	www.hie.co.uk /shetland (337 words)

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