Gloup
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Note: Gloup is common in Scottish placenames referring to a sea jet.
Gloup (HP506046) is a village in the far north of the island of Yell
in the Shetland Islands
. It lends its name to nearby island of Gloup Holm
.
Gloup Holm derives its name from the village of Gloup and Gloup Voe on the "mainland" of Yell. These names derive from the Old Norse
for a ravine.
In 20/21 July 1881, the Gloup Fishing Disaster occurred, in which 58 fishermen were killed by a freak blast coming from the direction of Iceland
. In 1981, a hundred years after the event a memorial was erected to commemorate the victims. Ten boats were lost, mostly sixareen
s.
Yell
Yell is one of the North Isles of Shetland, Scotland. In the 2001 census it had a usually resident population of 957. It is the second largest island in Shetland after the Mainland with an area of , and is the third most populous in the archipelago , after the Mainland and Whalsay.The island's...
in the Shetland Islands
Shetland Islands
Shetland is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies north and east of mainland Great Britain. The islands lie some to the northeast of Orkney and southeast of the Faroe Islands and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. The total...
. It lends its name to nearby island of Gloup Holm
Gloup Holm
Gloup Holm is an islet in the Shetland Islands, lying to the north of Yell.-Geography and geology:Gloup Holm is near to the part of Yell called North Heaps, near Gloup. Rocks to the north include the Clapper, Eagle Stack and Whilkie Stack...
.
Gloup Holm derives its name from the village of Gloup and Gloup Voe on the "mainland" of Yell. These names derive from the Old Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
for a ravine.
In 20/21 July 1881, the Gloup Fishing Disaster occurred, in which 58 fishermen were killed by a freak blast coming from the direction of Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
. In 1981, a hundred years after the event a memorial was erected to commemorate the victims. Ten boats were lost, mostly sixareen
Sixareen
The sixareen or sixern is a traditional fishing boat used around the Shetland Islands. It is a clinker-built boat, evolved as a larger version of the yoal, when the need arose for crews to fish further from shore...
s.