Country: | Scotland |
Coordinates: | 60.342°N -1.013°W |
Official Name: | Sodom |
Local Name: | Sudheim |
Population: | 100 |
Post Town: | SHETLAND |
Postcode District: | ZE2 |
Postcode Area: | ZE |
Dial Code: | 01806 |
Os Grid Reference: | HU547623 |
Sodom (known locally as Sudheim) is a settlement on Whalsay, Shetland.[1] The name is a corruption of the Old Norse Suðheim meaning "south home". It was formerly the home of Hugh MacDiarmid, who was greatly amused at the anglicised form of the name.