Note: Gloup is common in Scottish placenames referring to a sea jet.

Gloup
Houses at the end of the road into Gloup, with Gloup Holm beyond
Gloup is located in Shetland
Gloup
Gloup
Location within Shetland
OS grid referenceHP506046
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHETLAND
Postcode districtZE2
Dialling code01957
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
60°43′19″N 1°04′16″W / 60.722°N 1.071°W / 60.722; -1.071

Gloup 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.[1]

Memorial to the Gloup Disaster
The Gloup Disaster Information Board

In 20/21 July 1881, the Gloup Fishing Disaster occurred, in which 58 fishermen were killed by an unexpected summer storm coming from the direction of Iceland. In 1981, a hundred years after the event a memorial was erected to commemorate the victims.[2] Ten boats were lost, mostly sixareens.

References

edit
  1. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
  2. ^ Shetlopedia
edit