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Uninhabited island in the Scalloway Islands, Shetland, Scotland

Scots nameSooth Haevra

Meaning of name"Ewe Island"

South Havra
Location
Scots name	Sooth Haevra
Old Norse name	Hafrey
Meaning of name	"Ewe Island"
Aerial view of South Havra
South Havra South Havra shown within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU360268
Coordinates	60°02′N 1°21′W / 60.03°N 1.35°W / 60.03; -1.35
Physical geography
Island group	Shetland
Area	59 ha (1⁄4 sq mi)
Area rank	183= ^[1]
Highest elevation	42 m (138 ft)
Administration
Council area	Shetland Islands
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Demographics
Population	0

References	^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

South Havra (Scots: Sooth Haevra; Old Norse: Hafrey),^[5] formerly Hevera, is an uninhabited island in the Scalloway Islands, Shetland, Scotland.

South Havra lies south of Burra and west of the southern peninsula of the Mainland.

The island's rock is "epidiotic syenite with undifferentiated schist and gneiss."^[3]

The soil is fairly fertile, but the lack of running water meant that, unusually for Shetland, the islanders resorted to building a windmill to grind corn.

Geological features on the island include caves and natural arches.^[6]

Little Havra is to its west.

History

Olaf Sinclair, foud (a kind of magistrate) of all Shetland lived here in the 16th century.^[7]

The island's ruined windmill is an unusual sight in the Shetland Islands, especially as some have pointed out, that the Dutch were amongst the archipelago's most frequent visitors.^[8]

At the censuses of 1871 and 1881 South Havra had a population of 32 and 35, respectively.^[9] The island has been uninhabited since 1923.^[10] Previously the population was big enough to support a school.^[3]

References

↑ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
↑ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
1 2 3 Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
↑ Get-a-map (Map). Ordnance Survey.
1 2 Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) Orkneyinga Saga. Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). ISBN 0-901824-25-9
↑ Munro, David; Gittings, Bruce (2006). Scotland: an encyclopedia of places & landscapes. Glasgow: Collins. p. 435. ISBN 9780004724669.
↑ David Munro & Bruce Gittings, Scotland: An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes (Collins, 2006), p. 435.
↑ "Windmills of Scotland". Windmill World. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
↑ "Old County of Shetland from the Gazetteer for Scotland".
↑ Venables, Ursula Mary; Venables, L.S.V. (1955). Birds and Mammals of Shetland. Oliver and Boyd. p. 79.

v t e Scalloway and South West Shetland Islands
Burra West Burra East Burra Cheynies Colsay Hildasay/Hildesay Flotta Greena Green Holm Hoy Lady's Holm Langa Linga Little Havra Little Holm North Havra Oxna Papa (West Head of Papa) St Ninian's Isle South Havra Trondra

v t e Shetland
Inhabited islands	Mainland Bressay Burra East Burra West Burra Fair Isle Fetlar Foula Muckle Roe North Isles Out Skerries Papa Stour Trondra Unst Vaila Whalsay Yell
Other islands	Balta Bigga Brother Isle Colsay Hascosay Hildasay Lamba Linga, Bluemull Sound Linga, Busta Voe Linga (near Vementry) Linga, Vaila Sound Linga, Yell Sound Mousa Noss Oxna Papa Papa Little Samphrey South Havra St Ninian's Isle Uyea, Northmavine Uyea, Unst Vementry Ve Skerries West Linga
Towns and villages	Lerwick Aith Baltasound Bigton Bixter Brae Cunningsburgh Grutness Gulberwick Gutcher Haroldswick Hillswick Levenwick Mid Yell Mossbank North Roe Ollaberry Quarff Sandwick Scalloway Symbister Toab Toft Ulsta Uyeasound Vidlin Voe Walls Weisdale Whiteness
Mainland Parishes	Delting Dunrossness Lerwick Nesting Northmavine Sandsting Tingwall Walls and Sandness
Insular Parishes	Bressay Fetlar Unst Yell
Maritime features	Balta Sound Bluemull Sound Burra Voe Busta Voe Calder's Geo Ronas Voe St Magnus Bay Sullom Voe West Voe of Sumburgh Yell Sound
Extreme points (N S E W)	Out Stack The Skerry, off Fair Isle Bound Skerry Waster Hoevda, Foula
Topics	Animal breeds Etymology History Prehistory

60°1′31.5″N 1°21′11″W / 60.025417°N 1.35306°W / 60.025417; -1.35306

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