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    Bound Skerry

    60°25′N 0°44′W

    Bound Skerry is part of the Out Skerries group in the Shetland Islands. As well as being the most easterly island of that group, it is also the easternmost point of Scotland.

    Lighthouse on Bound Skerry, Out Skerries
    Lighthouse on Bound Skerry, Out Skerries

    Mike Pennington / CC BY-SA 2.0

    Terrain

    60°25′N 0°44′W

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    Overview

    Bound Skerry is part of the Out Skerries group in the Shetland Islands. As well as being the most easterly island of that group, it is also the easternmost point of Scotland. It has a lighthouse on it, which was built in 1857 at a cost of £21,000. Robert Louis Stevenson's family were lighthouse builders, and his signature can be seen in its guestbook. The keepers lived on nearby Grunay. The island was bombed twice in World War II by the German Luftwaffe, because it was suspected to harbour a munitions factory.

    From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Out Skerries

    Also in Shetland

    • Mainland

      953 km²▲ 450 m

      Major islands

    • Yell

      212 km²▲ 210 m

      Major islands

    • Unst

      120 km²▲ 285 m

      Major islands

    • Fetlar

      40.5 km²▲ 159 m

      Minor islands

    • Bressay

      27.6 km²▲ 226 m

      Minor islands

    • Whalsay

      19.5 km²▲ 122 m

      Minor islands

    • Muckle Roe

      17.2 km²▲ 172 m

      Minor islands

    • Foula

      13 km²▲ 418 m

      Minor islands

    Also in British Isles

    Also in Easter Skerries

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia