Shetland

E20293

archipelago subnationalDivision

Shetland is a remote archipelago in the North Atlantic known for its rugged coastline, rich Norse-Scottish heritage, and distinctive wildlife, including seabirds and Shetland ponies.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Shetland Islands	79
Shetland canonical	67
Mainland, Shetland	9
Unst	8
Shetland archipelago	5
Shetland Mainland	3
Northern Isles	2
Shetland, Scotland	2
Faroe Islands	1
Highlands and Islands	1
Islands of Shetland	1
SHETLAND	1
Shetland Islands (council area)	1
Shetland Islands (historically)	1
Shetland UHI	1
West Shetland	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelago ⓘ subnationalDivision ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Lerwick ⓘ
capital	Lerwick ⓘ
climate	oceanic climate ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
electoralRegion	Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament region) ⓘ
governingBody	Shetland Islands Council ⓘ
hasBreedOrigin	Shetland ponies ⓘ surface form: Shetland pony Ovis ⓘ surface form: Shetland sheep Shetland sheepdog ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent	Up Helly Aa ⓘ
hasHeritage	Norse ⓘ Scottish ⓘ
hasIndustry	aquaculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ oil and gas support ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasLocalDialect	Scots ⓘ surface form: Shetland dialect of Scots
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ
hasPort	Lerwick Harbour ⓘ
hasProtectedArea	Shetland National Scenic Area ⓘ
hasTransportFacility	Sumburgh Airport ⓘ
hasUNESCOStatus	UNESCO Global Geoparks ⓘ surface form: UNESCO Global Geopark (Shetland Geopark)
hasWildlife	Atlantic puffin ⓘ gannet ⓘ otters ⓘ seabirds ⓘ seals ⓘ
highestPoint	Ronas Hill ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Norn ⓘ
knownFor	Shetland ponies ⓘ Ovis ⓘ surface form: Shetland sheep Up Helly Aa fire festival ⓘ rugged coastline ⓘ seabird colonies ⓘ traditional knitwear ⓘ
largestSettlement	Lerwick ⓘ
lieutenancyArea	Shetland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Shetland Islands
locatedBetween	Faroe Islands ⓘ Norway ⓘ Scottish mainland ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean Orkney Islands ⓘ surface form: Northern Isles
partOf	Scotland ⓘ
seaBorder	North Sea ⓘ Norwegian Sea ⓘ
sovereignState	United Kingdom ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+0 ⓘ
timeZoneDST	UTC+1 ⓘ

Referenced by (183)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scottish Islands → hasPart → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Isles

Scottish Islands → hasPart → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mainland, Shetland

Scottish Islands → hasPart → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Unst

Norse → spokenIn → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Faroe Islands

Old Red Sandstone → foundInRegion → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands

Yell → locatedIn → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands

Yell → locatedIn → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland archipelago

Yell → locatedIn → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Isles

Yell → partOf → Shetland ⓘ

Yell → separatedFrom → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Unst

Yell → separatedFrom → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mainland, Shetland

Yell → connectedByFerryTo → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Unst

Yell → connectedByFerryTo → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mainland, Shetland

British Isles → hasPart → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands

British Isles → hasMajorIslandGroup → Shetland ⓘ

Scotland → hasIslandGroup → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands

Shetland → lieutenancyArea → Shetland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands

Bressay → locatedIn → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands

Bressay → locatedIn → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland archipelago

Bressay → separatedFrom → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mainland, Shetland

Bressay → isPartOf → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland archipelago

Bressay → hasCouncilArea → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands

Bressay → hasLieutenancyArea → Shetland ⓘ

Bressay → region → Shetland ⓘ

Bressay → hasCategory → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islands of Shetland

Fetlar → locatedIn → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands

Fetlar → locatedIn → Shetland ⓘ

Fetlar → partOf → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands

Fetlar → archipelago → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands

Fetlar → historicCounty → Shetland ⓘ

James III of Scotland → territorialAcquisition → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands

Orkney Islands → hasFerryLinkTo → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands

Caledonian fault system → extendsTo → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands

Scottish mainland → distinctFrom → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands

Danish colonial empire → hasPart → Shetland ⓘ

Jo Grimond → residence → Shetland ⓘ

Kalmar Union → includesTerritory → Shetland ⓘ

University of the Highlands and Islands → campus → Shetland ⓘ

University of the Highlands and Islands → member → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland UHI

Bluemull Sound → locatedIn → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands

Bluemull Sound → separates → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Unst

Bluemull Sound → connectsIsland → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Unst

Bluemull Sound → nearbyIsland → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Unst

West Sandwick → locatedIn → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands

West Sandwick → locatedIn → Shetland ⓘ

West Sandwick → isInArchipelago → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands

West Sandwick → region → Shetland ⓘ

Yell Sound → locatedIn → Shetland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands