Hermaness

Hermaness is the northernmost headland of Unst, the northernmost inhabited island of Shetland, Scotland. It consists of sea cliffs and moorland.

Hermaness is said to have once been home to a giant named Herman, who, together with another giant, was lured away by a mermaid.^[1]

Hermaness National Nature Reserve

Hermaness is a National Nature Reserve designated in 1955 and is currently managed by Scottish Natural Heritage, although the land remains in the ownership of the Edmondston family of Baltasound, who are still major landowners on Unst. ^[2] It is of note for its breeding fulmars, gannets, shags, great skuas, puffins and guillemots. ^[3]

The NNR designation also includes the outlying Muckle Flugga and Out Stack.

Hermaness was home to a black-browed albatross - an extreme rarity in the Northern Hemisphere - every summer from 1972 until 1995 (except 1988 and 1989). This bird, nicknamed 'Albert', proved a major attraction to birdwatchers.^[4]

References

↑ "Hermaness NNR". Scottish Natural Heritage. 1999. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
↑ "nature-shetland.co.uk".
↑ "Scottish Natural Heritage's page on Hermanness NNR".
↑ Anon (1987) The Black-browed Albatross in Shetland Twitching Vol 1 No 6 Pages 160-162

North Isles, Shetland Islands

Inhabited islands	Fetlar Unst Yell

Other islands	Balta Brough Holm Gloup Holm Haaf Gruney Hascosay Huney Linga Muckle Flugga Out Stack Sound Gruney Urie Lingey Uyea

Towns and villages	Aywick Baltasound Belmont Burravoe Copister Cullivoe Gloup Gutcher Houbie Haroldswick Mid Yell Skaw Ulsta Uyeasound West Sandwick

Points of interest	Belmont House Brough Lodge Burgi Geos Daal of Lumbister Hermaness Muness Castle Old Haa Museum RAF Saxa Vord Unst Bus Shelter Valhalla Brewery

Shetland

Inhabited islands	Mainland Bressay Burra (East / West) Fair Isle Fetlar Foula Muckle Roe North Isles Out Skerries Papa Stour Trondra Unst Vaila Whalsay Yell

Other islands	Balta Bigga Brother Isle Colsay Hascosay Hildasay Lamba Linga, Muckle Roe Linga, Yell Mousa Noss Oxna Papa Papa Little Samphrey South Havra Uyea, Northmavine Uyea, Unst Vementry West Linga

Towns and villages	Lerwick Aith Baltasound Brae Grutness Gutcher Haroldswick Mossbank Quarff Scalloway Symbister Toft Ulsta Uyeasound Vidlin Voe Walls

Mainland Parishes	Delting Dunrossness Lerwick Nesting Northmavine Sandsting Tingwall Walls and Sandness

Maritime features	Balta Sound Bluemull Sound Burra Voe Busta Voe Calder's Geo St Magnus Bay Sullom Voe West Voe of Sumburgh Yell Sound

Extreme points (N S E W)	Out Stack The Skerry, off Fair Isle Bound Skerry Waster Hoevda, Foula

Topics	Animal breeds Etymology History Prehistory

Coordinates: 60°50′14″N 0°53′0″W / 60.83722°N 0.88333°W / 60.83722; -0.88333

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