Out Skerries

Out Skerries
Location
Out Skerries is located in Shetland
Out Skerries
Out Skerries
Out Skerries shown within the Shetland Islands
OS grid referenceHU681718
Coordinates60°25′N 0°46′W / 60.417°N 0.767°W / 60.417; -0.767
Physical geography
Island groupShetland
Area400 hectares (990 acres)[1]
Highest elevationBruray Wart 53 metres (174 ft)[2]
Administration
Council areaShetland Islands Council
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Demographics
Population30[3]
Lymphad

The Out Skerries are an archipelago of islets, some inhabited, in Shetland, Scotland, and are the easternmost part of Shetland. Locally, they are usually called Da Skerries or just Skerries.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Out Skerries - Nearest to Norway" Archived 8 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine visitshetland.com. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Get-a-Map". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands" Archived 21 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine (28 November 2003) General Register Office for Scotland. Edinburgh. Retrieved 15 September 2007.