Gloup Holm is an islet in the Shetland Islands, lying to the north of Yell.

Geography and geology

Gloup Holm is near to the part of Yell called North Neaps, near

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

. It has an area of 30.4 acres or 12.3 hectares. Rocks to the north include the Clapper and to the south-east is Eagle Stack. To the south west is Bagi Stack and to the west Whilkie Stack. The island is owned by Robert Henderson, of neighbouring

Cullivoe Cullivoe (Old Norse: ''Kollavágr'' - Bay of Kolli), is a village on Yell in the Shetland Islands. It is in the north east of the island, near Bluemull Sound, not far from Unst. Cullivoe is a fishing port, and was formerly the ferry terminal ...

History

Gloup Holm derives its name from the village of

and Gloup Voe on the "mainland" of Yell. These names derive from the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlemen ...

for a ravine. Gloup Holm belonged to the ancient

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...

and current

quoad sacra parish A ''quoad sacra'' parish is a parish of the Church of Scotland which does not represent a civil parish. That is, it had ecclesiastical functions but no local government functions. Since the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929, civil parishes have ...

of North Yell.

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Uninhabited islands of Shetland {{Shetland-geo-stub

Geography and geology

History

See also

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