Baltasound (or Baltasund[citation needed]) is the largest settlement on the island of Unst in Shetland, Scotland. It comes from the Old Norse man's name Balti (Baltisund)[citation needed]. Unst is the most northerly inhabited island in the United Kingdom. The village lies halfway along the island's east coast on a sheltered bay called Balta Sound.
Baltasound Post Office, the most northerly in the UK
Baltasound was formerly the most important herring port in Shetland. In 1902 its catch exceeded that of the Shetland capital Lerwick. The herring trade declined rapidly after 1905 but the physical remains of the herring boom remained long after.[1]
Baltasound was the home of the noted Victorian botanist Thomas Edmondston, who was born at Buness House where his uncle, also called Thomas, was the laird. A memorial stone erected outside the house by the elder Thomas Edmondston commemorates scientific studies undertaken there by the French physicist Jean-Baptiste Biot.[2]
Baltasound can also lay claim to the most northerly "wood" in the British Isles, although it is not very substantial.[3]
^Hudson, Norman - Souvenir Postcards from Shetland, Shetland Times, 1992
^"Unst, Baltasound, Buness, Memorial Stone". Canmore. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^Blackadder, Jill Slee Shetland (Colin Baxter Island Guides) (2003) Colin Baxter Photography, Strathspey ISBN 1-84107-125-0
Baltasound (or Baltasund[citation needed]) is the largest settlement on the island of Unst in Shetland, Scotland. It comes from the Old Norse man's name...
Unst Airport also called Baltasound Airport is an unlicensed airfield near Baltasound, on the island of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. The airfield...
Unst is largely grassland, with coastal cliffs. Its main village is Baltasound, formerly the second-largest herring fishing port after Lerwick and now...
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such high January averages as Lerwick and fellow Shetland station at Baltasound – with the warm Atlantic currents preventing ice formation. Only when...
Hamnavoe, Yell St Columba's Church, Lerwick, Mainland St John's Church, Baltasound, Unst Whalsay Parish Church, Whalsay Shetland is part of the Diocese of...
like Johan Kordes of Bremen who was given a permit to use the haven of Baltasound in 1560. In August 1563, Sinclair wrote to the burgomaster and town council...
Whitehorse, Yellowknife, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Arkhangelsk, Yakutsk and Baltasound. In the Southern Hemisphere, the only minor permanent settlement to experience...
Bobby's Bus Shelter, is a bus shelter and bus stop near the village of Baltasound, on the isle of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is maintained by...
the Church of Scotland in 1971, becoming the minister of St. John's, Baltasound, the most northerly parish in Scotland, on the island of Unst, Shetland...
December 1997 (26 years ago) (1997-12), and originally based in a large shed in Baltasound, in the centre of Unst. In 2012 the brewery moved to a building at the...
former RAF Saxa Vord complex, fuel storage facilities at Ordale Airport at Baltasound, and improvements to the launch site's approach roads. On 29 March 2021...
castle Muness Castle Most northerly post office - formerly Haroldswick now Baltasound Most northerly lighthouse - Muckle Flugga Most northerly road Most northerly...
Sellafirth Gutcher B9082 for B9083 Ferry Connection to Unst Belmont Caldback Baltasound For Unst Airport Haroldswick B9086 and B9087 "Map". "Unst.org". "The Fleet –...
Thomas Edmondston Born (1825-09-20)20 September 1825 Buness, Baltasound, Unst Died 24 January 1846(1846-01-24) (aged 20) Sua Bay, Peru Alma mater Andersonian...
office's closure in 1999, this record is now held by the post office in Baltasound, also on Unst. BBC News report on closure of Haroldswick Post Office Wikimedia...
Edmondston Saxby died 11 October 1952 in Baltasound, Unst. He was buried at Halligarth Cemetery, Baltasound, Unst. Saxby is said to have been invited...
in 1907, it connected the chromite quarries at Hagdale with a pier at Baltasound. None of Shetland's few narrow-gauge railways were preserved. Simms, Wilfred...
skerry. Lamba Stack, a small stack north of Belmont Sinna Stack, west of Baltasound Gamli Stack, north of Sinna Stack Skate Stack, northwest of Gamli Stack...
Location Date Listed Grid Ref. Geo-coordinates Notes LB Number Image Baltasound, St John's Church (Church Of Scotland), Including Church Hall, Boundary...
was launched on a 50-mile journey in storm conditions. Putting into Baltasound, they collected local pilot Andrew Mouat, who had offered his services...
uninhabited island of Balta. The settlement at the west of the sound is Baltasound. On 12 March 1917, the World War I British E-class submarine HMS E49 was...
branch, the service also provides seven school libraries, two of which (in Baltasound and Mid Yell) are community libraries open to the public, and a mobile...
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