Copister

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Copister
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Croft, silage and old Land Rover at Copister
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Copister
Copister shown within Shetland
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SHETLAND
Postcode district ZE2
Dialling code 01957
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60°29′35″N1°07′34″W / 60.493°N 1.126°W / 60.493; -1.126 Coordinates: 60°29′35″N1°07′34″W / 60.493°N 1.126°W / 60.493; -1.126

Copister is a village in Yell. It is a former centre for haaf fishing, and has a shingle beach.

Shingle beach

A shingle beach is a beach which is armoured with pebbles or small- to medium-sized cobbles. Typically, the stone composition may grade from characteristic sizes ranging from 2 to 200 millimetres diameter.

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