Shetland, 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 50 miles northeast of Orkney, roughly 110 miles from mainland Scotland, and about 140 miles west of Norway. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Shetland, 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.
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Geopark Shetland (now Shetland UNESCO Global Geopark) was established by the Amenity Trust in 2009 to boost sustainable tourism to the islands.
Associated With: Granite, Article text, rock Granite
There are also Old Red Sandstone deposits and granite intrusions.
Associated With: Sandstone, Article text, rock Sandstone
There are also Old Red Sandstone deposits and granite intrusions.
Caused By: Orogeny, Article text, process Orogeny
These islands are the northern outpost of the Caledonian orogeny, and there are outcrops of Lewisian, Dalradian and Moine metamorphic rocks with histories similar to their equivalents on the Scottish mainland.
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