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Northmavine Nortmavine
Cliffs near Eshaness Lighthouse, Northmavine
Area	204.1 km (78.8 sq mi)
Population	741
• Density	4/km (10/sq mi)
Demonym	Oily Muggie
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	ZE2
Dialling code	01806
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
Scottish Parliament	Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Website	https://www.northmavine.com/
List of places UK Scotland

Northmavine or Northmaven (Old Norse: Norðan Mæfeið, meaning ‘the land north of the Mavis Grind’) is a peninsula in northwest Mainland, Shetland in Scotland. The peninsula has historically formed the civil parish Northmavine. The modern Northmavine community council area has the same extent. The area of the parish is given as 204.1 km.

Summary

The peninsula includes the northernmost part of Mainland, Shetland, and the civil parish, spelt Northmaven, comprises a number of adjacent islands, and measures 16 miles (26 km) by 8 miles (13 km). Northmavine is in the north west of the island, and contains the villages of Hillswick, Ollaberry, and North Roe.

An isthmus, Mavis Grind (Mæfeiðs grind), 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. It has a number of high, fissured, cavernous cliffs on the west coast and consists of 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, the highest point in all Shetland.

Esha Ness Lighthouse is situated on the Northmavine peninsula. Tangwick Haa Museum preserves the history of Northmavine including knitted replicas of the stockings and purse of Gunnister Man. Remains of ancient watch houses and remains of barrows and forts are also numerous.

Notable people

• William Jack (1768–1854), born and raised here, was a Church of Scotland academic who served as Principal of King's College, Aberdeen

Population

At the provisional population census conducted in March 2017, the population numbered 741, yielding a population density of 3.6 per km, which is the second lowest in Shetland, after Fetlar.

Note

• This article incorporates text from Wilson, Rev. John The Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1882) Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone.

References

1. "Parish of Northmaven". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
2. Shetland in Statistics (PDF) (Report) (42 ed.). Economic Development / Shetland Islands Council. 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
3. Graham, John J. (2010) . "oily muggie". Shetland ForWirds. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
4. Northmavine (Shetland Heritage)
5. Gazetteer for Scotland: Parish of Northmaven
6. Northmavine (Undiscovered Scotland)
7. About Northmavine (About Northmavine)
8. Eshaness (Northern Lighthouse Board)
9. Tangwick Haa Museum (Undiscovered Scotland)
10. Shetland in Statistics (PDF) (Report) (42 ed.). Economic Development / Shetland Islands Council. 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2019.

Related reading

• Guy, Peter (2006) Northmavine (Walking the Coastline of Shetland) (Shetland Times Ltd) ISBN 978-1904746171

External links

• Northmavine Up Helly Aa
• History Tangwick Haa Museum

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v t e Northmavine
Populated places	Villages: Hillswick North Roe Ollaberry Sullom Other settlements Assater Braehoulland Braewick Burnside Eastwick Fethaland Gunnister Haggrister Hamnavoe Heylor Hogaland Housetter Isbister Mangaster Nibon North Gluss South Gluss Sandvoe Skelberry Stenness Swinister Tangwick Upper Urafirth Urafirth Ure Valladale Voe West Heogaland
Geography	Land features Esha Ness Hillswick Ness Tingon Coastal features: Calder's Geo Grind of the Navir Lang Ayre Mavis Grind Maritime features Ronas Voe St Magnus Bay Sullom Voe Yell Sound Islets: Dore Holm The Drongs Egilsay Skerry of Eshaness Muckle Ossa Isle of Nibon Isle of Niddister Ramna Stacks Isle of Stenness Uyea Isle of Westerhouse Hills: Ronas Hill Lochs: Eela Water Johnnie Mann's Loch Punds Water
History	Battle of Ronas Voe Gunnister Man
Buildings	List of listed buildings Esha Ness Lighthouse Tangwick Haa
People	Johnnie Notions Tom Anderson

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Inhabited islands	Mainland Bressay Burra East Burra West Burra 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, Bluemull Sound Linga, Busta Voe Linga (near Vementry) Linga, Vaila Sound Linga, Yell Sound Mousa Noss Oxna Papa Papa Little Samphrey South Havra St Ninian's Isle Uyea, Northmavine Uyea, Unst Vementry Ve Skerries West Linga
Towns and villages	Lerwick Aith Baltasound Bigton Bixter Brae Cunningsburgh Grutness Gulberwick Gutcher Haroldswick Hillswick Levenwick Mid Yell Mossbank North Roe Ollaberry Quarff Sandwick Scalloway Symbister Toab Toft Ulsta Uyeasound Vidlin Voe Walls Weisdale Whiteness
Mainland Parishes	Delting Dunrossness Lerwick Nesting Northmavine Sandsting Tingwall Walls and Sandness
Insular Parishes	Bressay Fetlar Unst Yell
Maritime features	Balta Sound Bluemull Sound Burra Voe Busta Voe Calder's Geo Ronas Voe 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
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