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Human settlement in Scotland
Sodom
  • Sudheim
Sodom is located in ShetlandSodomSodomLocation within Shetland
Population100 
OS grid referenceHU547623
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHETLAND
Postcode districtZE2
Dialling code01806
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
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UK
Scotland
60°20′31″N 1°00′47″W / 60.342°N 1.013°W / 60.342; -1.013

Sodom (known locally as Sudheim) is a settlement on Whalsay, Shetland. The name is a corruption of the Old Norse Suðheim meaning "south home". It was formerly the home of Hugh MacDiarmid, who was greatly amused at the anglicised form of the name.

Footnotes

  1. Google maps entry for Sodom, Shetland
  2. Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.

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