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Shapinsay

Shapinsay (/ˈʃæpɪnziː/, Scots: Shapinsee) is one of the Orkney Islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland. With an area of 29.5 square kilometres (11.4 sq mi), it is the eighth largest island in the Orkney archipelago. It is low-lying and, with a bedrock formed from Old Red Sandstone overlain by boulder clay, fertile, causing most of the area to be…

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Area
2,948 hectares (11.4 sq mi)
Area rank
29
Council area
Orkney Islands
Country
Scotland
Highest elevation
Ward Hill 64 metres (210 ft)
Island group
Orkney

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Shapinsay

Nodes159
Edges158
Triples253
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012579
Components1

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Shapinsay

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related to Transport · 28
Shapinsay → After, Artemis Technologies, Balfour, Belfast, Between, Clyde, Clytus, Egilsay, Infrastructure Fund, Iona, John Reid, Kirkwall, Klydon, MV Shapinsay, North Isles, One, Orkney, Orkney Ferries, Orkney Islands Shipping Company, Orkney Mainland
related to Folklore · 26
Shapinsay → Cubbie Roo, Cubbie Roo's Burn, Cubbie Roo's Castle, Cubbie Roo's Lade, Finn MacCool, Giant's Causeway, He, In, Ireland, It, Kolbein Hrúga, Many, Old Norse, Opinion, Orcadian, Orkney, Orkney's, Orkneyinga Saga, Rothiesholm Head, Scotland
related to 18th century · 24
Shapinsay → Andrew Ross, Arthur Buchanan’s, Balfour, Bu, Burray, Cliffdale, Earl, Hanoverian, He, Jacobite, James Fea, Kirkwall, Lindsay, Marjory Meason, Morton, Once, Orkney, Ross's, She, Shoreside
related to 19th century · 24
Shapinsay → At, Balfour, Balfour's, By, David, David Balfour, David's, England, For, Harrow School, In, Kirkwall, Most, New, Orkney, Scotland, Tenants, The, This, Thomas Balfour
related to Flora and fauna · 23
Shapinsay → Arctic, Atlantic, Balfour Castle, Burghlee, Holm, Lairo Water, Loch, Melaspilea, Mill Dam, Orkney’s, Otters, Ouse, Pintail, RSPB, Scotland, Scottish Wildlife Trust, The, The Ouse, There, UK
related to Demography · 20
Shapinsay → Asia, At, By, During, England, Europe, However, In, North America, Oceania, Of, Orkney, Scotland, Scottish, Seventeen, Since, South America, The, This, United Kingdom
related to history · 18
Shapinsay → According, Agricola, Battle, During, Elwick Bay, Grukalty, Haakon Haakonsson, Haakon IV, Largs, Latin, Neolithic, Norse, Norway, Orkney Islands, Roman, Standing, Tacitus, The Saga
related to Geography · 17
Shapinsay → Balfour, David Balfour’s, Elwick Bay, Examples, Geo, Lairo Water, Ork, Orkney, Scottish, Shapinsay’s, The, These, They, Vasa Loch, Ward Hill, When, With
related to Education and culture · 15
Shapinsay → Away, BT, BT Group, Christmas, En Stjerne Skinner, English, Grinder, In December, Manger, Natt, Norway, Norwegian, The, This, UHI Millennium Institute
related to Etymology · 13
Shapinsay → Another, Atlas Novus, Blaeu's, Haswell-Smith, Hyalpandi's, Judge's, Old Norse, Orkney, Scalpandisay, Shapinsa, Siapansa Oy, The, Unlike

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island balfour orkney castle islands kirkwall one century population school scotland also now mainland mi david land scottish 19th known

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ShapinsayArea2,948 hectares (11.4 sq mi)1.00infobox
ShapinsayArea rank291.00infobox
ShapinsayCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
ShapinsayCouncil areaOrkney Islands1.00infobox
ShapinsayCountryScotland1.00infobox
ShapinsayHighest elevationWard Hill 64 metres (210 ft)1.00infobox
ShapinsayIsland groupOrkney1.00infobox
ShapinsayLargest settlementBalfour1.00infobox
ShapinsayName meaningPossibly Old Norse for 'helpful island' or 'judge's island'1.00infobox
ShapinsayOld Norse nameHjálpandisey1.00infobox
ShapinsayOS grid referenceHY5051791.00infobox
ShapinsayPopulation2991.00infobox
ShapinsayPopulation density10 people/km21.00infobox
ShapinsayPopulation rank271.00infobox
ShapinsaySovereign stateUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
Shapinsayis a8th largest Orkney island and the 29th largest Scottish island0.90text
Shapinsayis aIron Age Broch of Burroughston0.90text

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