Sound Gruney

Sound Gruney

"For other islands with similar names, see "Gruney (disambiguation)"

Sound Gruney is one of the Shetland Islands. It is between Fetlar and Unst, and Yell is to the west.

Geography

Urie Lingey is 1 km north of Urie Ness on Fetlar [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst1800.html] , whence the name. Gruney means a "green island", and "sound" refers to the strait.

Daaey is to the south east, and Urie Lingey to the east. Wedder Holm is to the north east.

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