Smithsonian Magazine

New Law Puts Shetland on the Map—and Outside of a Box

A 1736 map of Scotland—with Shetland in a box. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center/Flickr Shetland, a cluster of more than 100 islands far north of the Scottish mainland, has long presented cartographers ...
BBC

MSP bids to ban maps which put Shetland in a box

Tavish Scott highlighted a number of government publications which include maps where Shetland is in a box An MSP has launched a bid to ban public authorities from putting Shetland in a box on maps of ...
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Bid to ban maps of Scotland which put Shetland in a box takes step forward

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Bid to ban maps of Scotland which put Shetland in a box voted through Holyrood

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The undersea tunnel network that could transform Shetland's fortunes

The 18 islands which make up the Faroes are connected by 23 tunnels, four of which run below the sea Shetland wants to ditch ageing ferries and replace them with undersea tunnels connecting five ...