This article is about the island. For the knitting technique, see Fair Isle (technique). For the racehorse, see Fair Isle (horse).
Fair Isle
Old Norse name
Friðarøy[1]/Friðarey[2]
Meaning of name
"fair island" or possibly "far-off isle"[1] or "sheep isle".[3] The Norse form Friðarey means literally "calm/peaceful isle" or "island (ey) of tranquility (frið(u)r)".[4]
Fair Isle (/ˈfɛərˌaɪl/; Old Norse: Friðarey; Scottish Gaelic: Fara), sometimes Fairisle, is the southernmost Shetland island, situated roughly 38 kilometres (20+1⁄2 nautical miles) from the Shetland Mainland and about 43 kilometres (23 nautical miles) from North Ronaldsay (the most northerly island of Orkney).[11]
The entire archipelago lies off the northernmost coast of Scotland, in the North Sea. As the most remote inhabited island in the United Kingdom (and among the most northerly settlements in Great Britain),[12] Fair Isle is known for its wild bird observatory, interesting historic shipwrecks, Scottish and Shetland-style traditional music, and its traditional style of knitting. The island has been owned by the National Trust for Scotland since 1954.
^ abcHaswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
^Anderson, Joseph (ed.) (1873) The Orkneyinga Saga. Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. Edmonston and Douglas. The Internet Archive. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Ainmean-àite/Placenames. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
^The form friðar is the genitive singular.
^ abArea and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
^"Tiny Scots island with population of just 65 self-isolating in bid to beat coronavirus". Daily Record. 31 March 2020. Archived from the original on 4 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
^Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 4 Shetland (South Mainland) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319228104.
^ abRowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Shetland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
^Fair Isle North Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 28 May 2016
^"Fair Isle South". Northern Lighthouse Board. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
^"Fair Isle - Shetland.org". www.Shetland.org/visit. NB Communication; Promote Shetland.
^Crane, Nicholas (18 February 2016). "Britain's 10 best islands". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
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