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

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.'' 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

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for a ravine. The Gloup Disaster - Information board - geograph

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

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. In 1981, a hundred years after the event a memorial was erected to commemorate the victims.Shetlopedia
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So Much To Sea - The Gloup Disaster
Villages in Yell, Shetland {{Shetland-geo-stub