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Yell is one of the North Isles of Shetland, Scotland. In the 2001 census it had a usually resident population of 957. Ferries sail from Ulsta on the island to Toft on the Shetland Mainland and from Gutcher on Yell to Belmont on Unst and Oddsta on Fetlar. Other settlements on Yell include Burravoe , home to the Old Haa Museum , Mid Yell , Cullivoe and Gloup .

The coastline of Yell includes numerous voe s where otters and seabirds including merlins, skuas and red-throated divers are common.

Attractions on the island include an Iron Age fort at Burgi Geos , the Sands of Breckon composed of crushed shellAmongst other things, a shell is: An animal shell, the hard, rigid outer covering of an animal such as a mollusk or gastropod or tortoise or turtle. See also: shell (material). The hard outer layer of eggs. The hard outer layer of some plant fruiting bodis, and the Daal of Lumbister gorge.

Shetland IslandsThe Shetland Islands (sometimes historically spelled Zetland formerly Hjaltland are one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It is a Scottish island group between the Orkney Islands and the Faroe Islands, north of mainland Sco

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