It is near the mouth of Hamna Voe and Cuppister in Yell.
The island is uninhabited but two structures on the North-West side of the island can be seen. The structures have no roofs, implying that they are ruined buildings and indicating that the island was inhabited in the past.
orfasay, norse, orfyrisey, meaning, tidal, island, shetland, islands, viewed, from, southgeography, edit, tidal, island, yell, sound, connected, yell, tide, this, reflected, island, name, near, mouth, hamna, cuppister, yell, island, uninhabited, structures, no. Orfasay Old Norse Orfyrisey meaning tidal island is one of the Shetland Islands Orfasay viewed from the southGeography editOrfasay is a tidal island in Yell Sound connected to Yell at low tide This is reflected in the island s name 1 It is near the mouth of Hamna Voe and Cuppister in Yell The island is uninhabited but two structures on the North West side of the island can be seen The structures have no roofs implying that they are ruined buildings and indicating that the island was inhabited in the past See also edit nbsp Scottish islands portal List of islands of ScotlandReferences edit Haswell Smith Hamish 2004 The Scottish Islands Edinburgh Canongate ISBN 978 1 84195 454 7 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Orfasay 60 28 45 N 1 06 15 W 60 47917 N 1 10417 W 60 47917 1 10417 nbsp This Shetland location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Orfasay amp oldid 1081614260, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
