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One reported loss in Scotland outside the Shetland Islands, and which has still to be found, was the Trompetteer.
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In Scotland, the most desirable place to live was named in a Bank of Scotland survey as the Shetland Islands, ousting Aberdeenshire from top spot.
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Nitesh Patel, an economist for the Bank of Scotland, explained that Shetland had performed consistently well in the survey in recent years, across a range of indicators.
BBC: Shetland leads Bank of Scotland Quality of Life list
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The Shetland Islands were given from Norway to Scotland in the 15th Century as part of a royal dowry.
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Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael said 321 of Scotland's 391 fire stations were staffed by part-time retained fire fighters.
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Last Wednesday at 2.10pm GMT, police arrested Davis from his home on Shetland, a rugged collection of islands above Scotland known for having super-fast broadband coverage.
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On a notoriously violent patch of the Atlantic Ocean north of Scotland and 160 kilometers west of the Shetland Islands, where winds howl at 80 kilometers an hour and waves can run 30 meters high, a brutish red vessel rolls in a mounting breeze.
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Stations in the far north of Scotland, at Wick, Thurso, Orkney and Shetland, were all quieter than last year.
BBC: Scottish waters see a rise in summer lifeboat call-outs
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The area came out ahead of Shetland, East Dunbartonshire and East Lothian in the annual Bank of Scotland study.
BBC: Aberdeenshire tops 'quality of life' list
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Ithaca did not specify when the field was closed, but last month the east coast of Scotland was battered by severe gales which caused damage from Shetland down to North Berwick.
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Scotland's other parks are North West in Sutherland and Geopark Shetland.
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However, one drawback to life in Shetland is that residents have on average three hours less sunshine per week compared to Scotland as a whole.
BBC: Shetland tops 'Bank of Scotland Quality of Life' list