Gloup
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| Name: | Gloup |
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| Distance from Lerwick by road: | 53 miles plus 1 ferry |
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Gloup, HP506046, is a small settlement at the north end of the island of Yell. The place name is derived from Glup, the old norse word for a geological feature.
Gloup is the site of a memorial for the fishermen lost in the Gloup fishing disaster of 1881.
