Gloup Explained

Note: Gloup is common in Scottish placenames referring to a sea jet.

Official Name:Gloup
Label Position:left
Country:Scotland
Static Image Name:Gloup - geograph.org.uk - 345111.jpg
Static Image Caption:Houses at the end of the road into Gloup, with Gloup Holm beyond
Os Grid Reference:HP506046
Coordinates:60.722°N -1.071°W
Post Town:SHETLAND
Postcode Area:ZE
Postcode District:ZE2
Dial Code:01957

Gloup is a village in the far north of the island of Yell in the Shetland Islands. It lends its name to nearby island of Gloup Holm.

Gloup Holm derives its name from the village of Gloup and Gloup Voe on the "mainland" of Yell. These names derive from the Old Norse for a ravine.In 20/21 July 1881, the Gloup Fishing Disaster occurred, in which 58 fishermen were killed by an unexpected summer storm coming from the direction of Iceland. In 1981, a hundred years after the event a memorial was erected to commemorate the victims.[1] Ten boats were lost, mostly sixareens.

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Notes and References

  1. http://shetlopedia.com/The_Gloup_Disaster Shetlopedia