Northmavine or Northmaven (from

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, "north of the narrow isthmus") is a peninsula in

Shetland Shetland (until 1975 spelled Zetland), also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway, marking the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the ...

forming the northernmost part of

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. The peninsula has historically formed a

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of the same name. The modern Northmavine community council area has the same extent. The area of the parish is given as 204.1 km².

Summary

Northmavine includes the villages of

Hillswick Hillswick is a small village in Northmavine, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean and lies to the north-north west of Mainland, Shetland, the most northerly group of islands in the United Kingdom. It is situated from Lerwick. There is a communit ...

Ollaberry Ollaberry (Old Norse: Olafrsberg, meaning Olaf's Hill) is a village on Mainland, Shetland, Scotland on the west shore of Yell Sound, north by road from Brae. Ollaberry Churchyard contains a Listed B monument, sculpted by John Forbes in 1754. O ...

, and

North Roe North Roe is a village, and protected area at the northern tip in the large Northmavine peninsula of the Mainland of Shetland, Scotland. It is a small village, with a school with less than a dozen pupils in 2011. The village is served by the A9 ...

. An isthmus,

Mavis Grind Mavis Grind ( or ', meaning "gate of the narrow isthmus") is a narrow isthmus joining the Northmavine peninsula to the rest of the island of Mainland in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is just over 90 metres (295 ft) at its narrowest point. ...

, about a hundred yards across, forms the sole connection with the rest of Mainland. The coast is indented by numerous bays and consists largely of high, steep rocks. There are a number of high, fissured, cavernous cliffs on the west coast, faced by many skerries, islets, and offshore rocks. The interior has a very small amount of arable land; it consists mostly of rough, rising ground, including

Ronas Hill Ronas Hill (or Rönies Hill) is a hill in Shetland, Scotland. It is classed as a Marilyn, and is the highest point in the Shetland Islands at an elevation of . A Neolithic chambered cairn is located near the summit. Location Ronas Hill (, mean ...

, the highest point in all Shetland.

Esha Ness Lighthouse Esha Ness Lighthouse is situated at Esha Ness, on the Northmavine peninsula in the north-west mainland of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It sometimes rendered as Eshaness Lighthouse. The lighthouse is at the westernmost extremity of the penins ...

is situated on the Northmavine peninsula.

Tangwick Haa Tangwick Haa is an historic house and museum in Esha Ness, Northmavine, Shetland. The building has two stories in a rectangular layout and along with the adjacent walled garden is Category B listed. History The house was built in the 17th century, ...

Museum preserves the history of Northmavine including knitted replicas of the stockings and purse of

Gunnister Man The Gunnister Man is the remains of a late 17th- or early 18th-century man found by two Shetlanders in a peat bog not far from the junction of the A970 road in Gunnister, Shetland, Scotland. The bog body was found on 12 May 1951 as the men wer ...

. Remains of ancient watch houses and remains of barrows and forts are also numerous.''Tangwick Haa Museum'' (Undiscovered Scotland)
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Population

At the provisional

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conducted in March 2017, the population numbered 741, yielding a population density of 3.6 per km², which is the second lowest in Shetland, after

Fetlar Fetlar is one of the North Isles of Shetland, Scotland, with a usually resident population of 61 at the time of the 2011 census. Its main settlement is Houbie on the south coast, home to the Fetlar Interpretive Centre. Other settlements incl ...

Notable people

Johnnie Notions John Williamson (), more commonly known by the nickname Johnnie Notions ( ) was a self-taught physician from Shetland, Scotland, who independently developed and administered an inoculation for smallpox to thousands of patients in Shetland duri ...

(), self-taught

smallpox Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by Variola virus (often called Smallpox virus), which belongs to the genus '' Orthopoxvirus''. The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (W ...

innoculator * William Jack (1768–1854), born and raised here, was a Church of Scotland academic who served as Principal of King's College, Aberdeen * Sir John Cheyne of Tangwick (1841–1907), judge *

Tom Anderson Thomas Anderson (born November 8, 1970) is an American technology entrepreneur and co-founder of the social networking website Myspace, which he founded in 2003 with Chris DeWolfe. He was later president of Myspace and a strategic adviser ...

(1910–1991), composer and collector of traditional Shetland fiddle tunes *

Tom Morton Thomas Morton (born 1955) is a Scottish broadcaster, journalist and author. He lives and works mainly in the Shetland Islands. Life Morton was born in 1955, and moved to Shetland in 1987, three years after his wife, Susan, who was a General Pra ...

(born 1955), Scottish broadcaster * James Morton (born 1991), contestant of ''

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External links

Northmavine Up Helly Aa''History'' Tangwick Haa Museum
Parishes of Shetland Neolithic Scotland Neolithic settlements Mainland, Shetland {{Shetland-geo-stub Peninsulas of Scotland

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