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Sodom

Sodom in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.

Saltness, North Park and West Hamister, Whalsay - geograph.org.uk - 116101

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1 h–2 h

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Sodom is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Sodom (known locally as Sudheim) is a settlement on Whalsay, Shetland. The name is a corruption of the Old Norse Suðheim meaning "south home". It was formerly the home of Hugh MacDiarmid, who was greatly amused at the anglicised form of the name.

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Coordinates
60.3417, -1.0128

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Where is Sodom?
Sodom is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 60.3417°, -1.0128°.