Yessa Ness Natural Arch

Yessa Ness, Fair Isle, Shetland.

NGR:	HZ 22425 72819
WGS84:	59.54068, -1.60522
Length:	10 m
Vert. Range:	8 m
Altitude:	5 m
Geology:	Ward Hill Sandstone Formation - sandstone and dolomitic siltstone
Tags:	Arch
Registry:	main

Prominent natural arch through the rocky promontory at Yessa Ness north-west of North Haven.

Alternate Names: Ee o' Yess Ness, CI80

Notes: Much photographed as it is at the entrance to the main harbour on Fair Isle.

Links and Resources:

1st Ed OS 6 in Shetland, Sheet LXIX (includes: Dunrossness), Survey date: 1878 Publication date: 1881.
Pastmap Aerial showing Yess Ness. This arch is marked CI80.
Photo 1 this arch is the far one - looking E. By Liz Gray.
Photo 2 looking WNW by Mike Pennington.
Photo 3 looking WNW from closer by Ruth Sharville, June 2005.
Photo 4 a closer view of the E side of the arch. Site CI80 in the Nature Scotland Report 1145. FI Caves (GSG version) p203.
Rpt 1145 Harries, D.B., Purcell, A., Moore, C.G., Lyndon A.R., Porter, J.S., Saunders, G.R. and Hume, C.L. 2024. Distribution mapping and baseline monitoring survey of sea caves around Fair Isle. NatureScot Research Report 1145.

This entry was last updated: 2026-02-01 18:12:27

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