Gloup
Note: Gloup is common in Scottish placenames referring to a sea jet.
Gloup | |
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Houses at the end of the road into Gloup, with Gloup Holm beyond | |
Location within Shetland | |
OS grid reference | HP506046 |
Civil parish | |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SHETLAND |
Postcode district | ZE2 |
Dialling code | 01957 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Gloup is a village in the far north of the island of
Shetland Islands. It lends its name to nearby island of Gloup Holm
.
Gloup Holm derives its name from the village of Gloup and Gloup Voe on the "mainland" of Yell. These names derive from the Old Norse for a ravine.[1]
In 20/21 July 1881, the Gloup Fishing Disaster occurred, in which 58 fishermen were killed by an unexpected summer storm coming from the direction of Iceland. In 1981, a hundred years after the event a memorial was erected to commemorate the victims.[2] Ten boats were lost, mostly sixareens.
References
- ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- ^ Shetlopedia
External links
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