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Northmavine
  • Nortmavine
Cliffs near Eshaness Lighthouse, Northmavine
Area204.1 km2 (78.8 sq mi) [1]
Population741 [2]
• Density4/km2 (10/sq mi)
DemonymOily Muggie[3]
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtZE2
Dialling code01806
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
Scottish Parliament
  • Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Websitehttps://www.northmavine.com/
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Northmavine or Northmaven (Old Norse: Norðan Mæfeið, meaning ‘the land north of the Mavis Grind’) is a peninsula in northwest Mainland Shetland in Scotland.[4] The peninsula has historically formed the civil parish Northmavine. The modern Northmavine community council area has the same extent. The area of the parish is given as 204.1 km2.[5]

  1. ^ "Parish of Northmaven". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. ^ Shetland in Statistics (PDF) (Report) (42 ed.). Economic Development / Shetland Islands Council. 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  3. ^ Graham, John J. (2010) [1979]. "oily muggie". Shetland ForWirds. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. ^ Northmavine (Shetland Heritage)
  5. ^ Gazetteer for Scotland: Parish of Northmaven

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