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Foula
Foula (Old Norse ''Fuglaey'', "bird island", compare Norwegian ''Fugløy'', "bird island", Scottish Gaelic Fughlaigh) in the Shetland Islands of Scotland, is one of Great Britain’s most remote permanently inhabited islands. Owned since the turn of the 20th century by the Holbourn family, the island was the location for the film ''The Edge of the World''. RMS ''Oceanic'' was wrecked on the nearby Shaalds of Foula.
==Geography==
Foula is a bleak yet spectacular island in the Atlantic Ocean, 20 miles west of Walls in Shetland. The island is about by , with a low-lying coastal strip along the east side. With an area of , it is the seventh largest and most westerly of the Shetland Islands. It rises from low broken cliffs in the east to precipitous 150 to 365m cliffs on the west.〔 The island has five peaks, rising to 418m (1371 feet) at the Sneug and 376m (1220 feet) at the Kame.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Overview of Foula )〕 At the north end is Gaada Stack, a natural arch. Foula lies on the same latitude as Saint Petersburg.
Foula has a population of 38 people,〔 living in Hametown and Ham. Islanders previously made a living from fishing – first for whitefish, then lobster. Today, most islanders are crofters〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Foula – The Edge of the World )〕 with income from sheep farming and ornithological tourism.
A hidden reef, the 'Hoevdi Grund' or the Shaalds o' Foula, lies just over east of Foula between the island and the Shetland mainland. Tides here can reach and as the reef comes to within a few feet of the surface, it poses a significant threat to shipping.〔("Hoevdi Grund" ) Shetlopedia. Retrieved 19 April 2012.〕
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