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These islands are some 180 kilometres (110 mi) west of Orkney. [5] The Inner Hebrides including Skye, Islay, Jura, Mull and Iona. The islands of the Firth of Clyde some 140 kilometres (87 mi) to the south, the largest of which are Bute and Arran. [5] The Isle of Man, located in the Irish Sea equidistantly from modern England, Ireland, Scotland ...
Shetland (until 1975 spelled Zetland), also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom .
Shetland. The phrase "Northern Isles" generally refers to the main islands of the Orkney and Shetland archipelagos. The Island of Stroma, which lies between mainland Scotland and Orkney, is part of Caithness, so for local government purposes it falls under the jurisdiction of the Highland council area, rather than that of Orkney.
Vikings made the islands the headquarters of their pirate expeditions carried out against Norway and the coasts of mainland Scotland. In response, Norwegian king Harald Fairhair (Harald Hårfagre) annexed the Northern Isles, comprising Orkney and Shetland, in 875 (it is clear that this story, which appears in the Orkneyinga Saga, is based on ...
This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of Norway by area. A. Andørja, viewed from Harstad Atløy.
Norse control of the Hebrides was formalised in 1098 when Edgar of Scotland formally signed the islands over to Magnus III of Norway. [111] The Scottish acceptance of Magnus III as King of the Isles came after the Norwegian king had conquered Orkney , the Hebrides and the Isle of Man in a swift campaign earlier the same year, directed against ...
Norway with Svalbard, Jan Mayen and Bouvet Island: 2,385,178 km 2 (920,922 sq mi) Norway is a country located in Northern Europe in the northern and western parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula . The majority of the country borders water, including the Skagerrak inlet to the south, the North Sea to the southwest, the North Atlantic Ocean ...
North of mainland Europe, it lies about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range from 74° to 81° north latitude, and from 10° to 35° east longitude. The largest island is Spitsbergen (37,673 km 2), followed in size by Nordaustlandet (14,443 km 2), Edgeøya (5,073 km 2) and Barentsøya ...