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Ollaberry

Ollaberry
Ollaberry - geograph.org.uk - 181217.jpg
The waterfront at Ollaberry
Ollaberry is located in Shetland
Ollaberry
Ollaberry
Ollaberry shown within Shetland
OS grid reference HU362804
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SHETLAND
Postcode district ZE2
Dialling code 01595
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
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UK
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Coordinates: 60°30′25″N 1°20′20″W / 60.507°N 1.339°W / 60.507; -1.339

Ollaberry (Old Norse: Olafrsberg, meaning Olaf's Hill) is a settlement on Mainland, Shetland on the west shore of Yell Sound. The land round here is fertile by Shetland standards.

Andrew Cheyne, the father of Sir William Cheyne, 1st Baronet the famous surgeon was from here. Sir William himself was born at sea off Tasmania.



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