Papa, Shetland Explained

Location Map:Scotland Shetland
Coordinates:60.12°N -1.34°W
Gridreference:HU364376
Official Name:Papa
Scots Name:Papa
Norse Name:Papey
Meaning Of Name:Island of the papar
Area:590NaN0
Area Rank:183=
Highest Elevation:320NaN0
Population:0
Local Authority:Shetland Islands
References:[1] [2] [3]

Papa (Scots: Papa; Old Norse: Papey, meaning "the island of the priests") is an uninhabited island in the Scalloway Islands, Shetland, Scotland.

Papa lies north west of Burra and east of Oxna in the Shetland Islands. The population was 20 in 1871, 14 in 1881 and 23 in 1891. The last residents left between 1891 and 1930. Most habitation was on the eastern end of the island, the peninsula East Head of Papa. A beached loch and a low area divide the island nearly into three separate parts.

Notes and References

  1. 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  2. Get-a-map. Ordnance Survey.
  3. Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) Orkneyinga Saga. Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint).