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Gruney (disambiguation) Gruney or Grunay is the name of several Shetland Islands. It derives from the Old Norse for "green island". Usual uses * Gruney off Northmavine * Grunay, in the Out Skerries Other uses * Gruna off Vementry * Gruney, one of the Ramna Stacks, a spec ...

Sound Gruney is one of the

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 ...

islands. It lies about north of Hamars Ness on

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 ...

, south of

Unst Unst (; ) is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the third-largest island in Shetland after Shetland Mainland, Mainland and Yell (island), Yell. It has an area o ...

, and to the east of

Yell A yell is a loud vocalization; see screaming. Yell may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Yell, Shetland, one of the North Isles of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland * Yell Sound, Shetland, Scotland United States * Yell, Tennessee, an uni ...

Geography

Gruney means a "green island", and "

sound In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid. In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the br ...

" refers to the strait. Sound Gruney's maximum elevation is about above sea level. Daaey is to the south east, and

Urie Lingey Urie Lingey is one of the Shetland Islands. It is between Fetlar and Unst, and Yell is to the west. Geography Urie Lingey is 1 km north of Urie Ness on Fetla whence the name. Lingey means a "heather island". Daaey is to the south e ...

to the east. The latter is 1 km north of Urie Ness on Fetlar,scottish-places.info
Retrieved 11 June 2011. hence the name. Wedder Holm, south of Uyea, is to the north east.

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