Hildasay

Hildasay
Scots nameHildasay
Old Norse nameHildasey
Meaning of namebattle island, or island of Hilda
Location
Hildasay is located in Shetland
Hildasay
Hildasay
Hildasay shown within Scotland
OS grid referenceHU355403
Coordinates60°08′N 1°22′W / 60.14°N 1.36°W / 60.14; -1.36
Physical geography
Island groupShetland
Area108 ha (267 acres)
Area rank146 [1]
Highest elevation32 m (105 ft)
Administration
Council areaShetland Islands
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Demographics
Population1
Lymphad
References[2][3][4][5]

Hildasay (Scots: Hildasay; Old Norse: Hildisey) (from the Old Norse masculine name Hildir with ey "island"),[5] also known as Hildisay, is an uninhabited island off the west coast of the Shetland Mainland.

The pier on Hildasay
  1. ^ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  2. ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  3. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
  4. ^ Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) Orkneyinga Saga. Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). ISBN 0-901824-25-9
  5. ^ a b E. H. Lind. Norsk-Isländska Dopnamn ock Fingerade Namn från Medeltiden. Uppsala: A.-B. Lundequist. 1906-1915. s.n. Hildir, cols. 543-544. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009007424