A 1736 map of Scotland—with Shetland in a box. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center/Flickr Shetland, a cluster of more than 100 islands far north of the Scottish mainland, has long presented cartographers ...

Shetland is more than 100 miles away from the Scottish mainland, as the crow flies. It takes 12 hours to get there from the mainland on a ferry. It is, by any measure, quite far away. But looking at a ...

Nobody puts Shetland in the corner. At least not now. New rules have come into force stopping public bodies from putting the islands in a box on official documents and maps. Instead, maps will now ...

SHETLAND and Orkney have been dropped from a UK government global advertising campaign. While the Northern Isles do not appear on the map used in the advert for the GREAT campaign, it does include the ...

FOR centuries it was part of a Norse empire, only becoming part of Scotland in the 15th century. Its biggest festival involves burning a longboat, the local tongue is littered with Scandinavian words, ...

An MSP has attempted to legally bar maps from putting Shetland in a box rather than “accurately and proportionately” representing their location. Maps of Scotland frequently move the Northern Isles to ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Take a 12 hour ferry north from mainland Scotland, and you'll reach the Shetland Isles – the northernmost place in the UK. The only part of Britain to be considered ...

MSPs have effectively banned public bodies from putting Shetland in a box in maps in official documents. What is going on? Shetland is more than 100 miles away from the Scottish mainland, as the crow ...