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Bruray ( sco, Bruray) is one of the three
Out Skerries The Out Skerries are an archipelago of islets, some inhabited, in Shetland, Scotland, and are the easternmost part of Shetland. Locally, they are usually called Da Skerries or just Skerries. Geography The Out Skerries lie about northeast of ...
islands of
Shetland Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the no ...
, and contains Scotland's most easterly settlement. It is separated from
Housay Housay ( sco, Housay), also known as West Isle, is one of the three islands that form the Out Skerries island group, the most easterly part of the Shetland Isles. Geography and geology Housay has the most complex geology of the Out Skerries, ...
by North Mouth and South Mouth.


Infrastructure

The Skerries Bridge was built in 1957 to provide a fixed link from Bruray to the neighbouring and larger island of
Housay Housay ( sco, Housay), also known as West Isle, is one of the three islands that form the Out Skerries island group, the most easterly part of the Shetland Isles. Geography and geology Housay has the most complex geology of the Out Skerries, ...
. Bruray is home to Scotland's smallest school. The island occasionally suffers from water shortages. There is little peat on the Out Skerries, so the residents have been granted rights to cut in on Whalsay. A
ferry A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...
connects the Out Skerries with
Vidlin Vidlin (from Old Norse: ''Vaðill'' meaning a ford) is a small village located on Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Nesting. History It is at the head of Vidlin Voe, and is the modern heart of the old parish ...
and
Lerwick Lerwick (; non, Leirvik; nrn, Larvik) is the main town and port of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland. Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick had a population of about 7,000 residents in 2010. Centred off the north coast of the Scottish mainland ...
on the Shetland Mainland. Bruray also has a small airstrip, with flights from Tingwall by Loganair.


History

At the autumn 2010, the islands of
Housay Housay ( sco, Housay), also known as West Isle, is one of the three islands that form the Out Skerries island group, the most easterly part of the Shetland Isles. Geography and geology Housay has the most complex geology of the Out Skerries, ...
and Bruray were on sale for £250,000. "The main islands are held under crofting tenure. The crofting community have been offered the opportunity to register their interest in acquiring the property but have formally declined from doing so."Out Skerries, Shetland
. Homesandproperty.co.uk.


See also

*
Extreme points of Scotland This is a list of the extreme points and extreme elevations in Scotland. The northernmost and westernmost points of Scotland coincide with those of the UK (both for the mainland and including the islands). General *Northernmost point – O ...
* Extreme points of the United Kingdom.


References


External links


Out Skerries at Undiscovered Scotland
Islands of Shetland {{Shetland-geo-stub es:Bruray