Shetland topographic map
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Shetland
Walter Scott's 1822 novel The Pirate is set in "a remote part of Shetland", and was inspired by his 1814 visit to the islands. The name Jarlshof meaning "Earl's Mansion" is a coinage of his. Robert Cowie, a doctor born in Lerwick published the 1874 work entitled Shetland: Descriptive and Historical; Being a Graduation Thesis on the Inhabitants of the Shetland Islands; and a Topographical Description of the Country. Menzies. 1874.
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Name: Shetland topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom (59.50680 -2.11753 60.85645 -0.72444)
Average elevation: 13 ft
Minimum elevation: -3 ft
Maximum elevation: 1,447 ft
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