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Symbister
Symbister — largest village and port on the island of Whalsay, Shetland.
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About
Symbister is a town of about 797 people in islands. Established 1904. (Human settlement in Scotland.) According to Wikipedia: "Symbister is the largest village and port on Whalsay, an island in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland. The population in 1991 was 797. The focus of the village is the harbour, which is home to small fishing boats as well as large deep sea trawlers. The village is overlooked by the granite mansion Symbister House, built by the Sixth Robert Bruce of Symbister in 1823. The harbour is also known by the names Bay Of Symbister, Symbister Harbour and Symbister Old Harbour."
- Coordinates
- 60.3500, -1.0200
- Population
- 797
- Established
- 1904
Sources
- wikidata: Q1293028 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Symbister (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Symbister Harbour, Whalsay - geograph.org.uk - 116092.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Things to see in Symbister
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