Shetland (formerly spelled Zetland, from Ȝ etland; Old Norse Hjaltland; Scottish Gaelic: Sealtainn) is an archipelago off the northeast coast of mainland Scotland.
Orkney (Orkneys or Orkney Islands, ' Árcaibh' in Gaelic) is an archipelago in northern Scotland, situated 10 miles (16 km) north of the coast of Caithness.
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