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Baltasound is the largest settlement on the island of Unst in Shetland. Unst is the most northerly inhabited island in the United Kingdom. The village lies halfway along the island's east coast on a sheltered bay called Balta Sound. Baltasound was formerly the most important herring port in Shetland, in 1902 its catch exceeded that of the Shetland capital Lerwick. The herring trade declined rapidly after 1905 but the physical remains of the herring boom remained long after.〔Hudson, Norman - ''Souvenir Postcards from Shetland'', Shetland Times, 1992〕 Baltasound was the home of the noted Victorian botanist Thomas Edmondston, who was born at Buness House where his uncle, also called Thomas was the laird. A memorial stone erected outside the house by the elder Thomas Edmondston commemorates scientific studies undertaken there by the French physicist Jean-Baptiste Biot.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/203253/details/unst+baltasound+buness+memorial+stone/ ) 〕 Baltasound can also lay claim to the most northerly "wood" in the British Isles, although it is not very substantial.〔Blackadder, Jill Slee ''Shetland (Colin Baxter Island Guides)'' (2003) Colin Baxter Photography, Strathspey ISBN 1-84107-125-0〕 ==Amenities== Many of Baltasound's current amenities hold the record for the most northerly in the UK: *Airport - Baltasound Airport - Airport code UNT, runway length .,〔(Airports Worldwide )〕 currently only used by emergency services. *Leisure Centre *School - Baltasound Junior High School〔(Baltasound Junior High School website )〕 *Hotel - The Baltasound Hotel〔(Baltasound Hotel website )〕 *Post Office - Baltasound Post Office is now the most northerly post office. For many years this record was held by the post office at Haroldswick until its closure in 1999.〔(BBC News report on closure of Haroldswick post office )〕 *The Unst Bus Shelter, also known as Bobby's Bus Shelter, is a famous bus shelter and bus stop near the village. It is maintained by the Shetland Islands Council. A 2 foot 6 inch gauge railway was built from the chromate quarries at Hagdale to Baltasound〔Hagdale Chromate Railway〕 in 1907 to boost the Chromate industry on the island, although the railway did not operate a passenger service it helped the village economically and financially. Like other narrow gauge railways in the Shetland Islands it did not survive. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baltasound」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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