Brother Isle
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- There is also a Brother Island in El Nido, Palawan in the Philippines.
Brother Isle (from the
Old Norse breidare øy meaning broad beach island) is a small, uninhabited island in
Shetland,
Scotland.
It lies between the islands of
Yell and
Shetland Mainland. At only 40ha in size and surrounded by tidal
rips which make landing difficult, it would seem unlikely that the island has ever been inhabited. However, Brother Isle was inhabited until the
1820s, latterly by brothers with the surname Tulloch. This led to the mistaken assumpation that the island's name referred to them.
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