Clate
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name= Clate
| local_name= Clett
| label_position=left
| static_image_name= Vanessa Trig On Ward of Clett (geograph 3573219).jpg
| static_image_caption= Vanessa Trig On Ward of Clett
| country= Scotland
| population=
| os_grid_reference= HU544612
| coordinates = {{coord|60.335|-1.021|display=inline,title}}
| post_town= SHETLAND
| postcode_area= ZE
| postcode_district= ZE2
| dial_code= 01806
| constituency_westminster= Orkney and Shetland
| civil_parish= Nesting
| unitary_scotland= Shetland
| lieutenancy_scotland= Shetland
| constituency_scottish_parliament= Shetland
}}
Clate (also known as Clett){{cite web|url=https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst9106.html|title=Overview of Clate|publisher=Scottish Places|accessdate=14 December 2014}} is a hamlet and ward in southwestern Whalsay in the parish of Nesting in the Shetland Islands of Scotland.
Geography
Clate is located south of the largest village of the island, Symbister, along the main road out of the village, just south of Sandwick. Haa Ness and Dimni Geo are coastal features at Clate, and the Holm of Sandwick lies off the coast.{{cite web|url=https://explore.osmaps.com/location?lat=60.331887&lon=-1.015200&zoom=16.9668&style=Standard&type=2d&locationName=U2FsdGVkX1%2F5GQIsO%2FV8%2FarZv0jVaCwZi5v%2FQLvV2qI%3D&locationCoordinates=-1.015737519568684%2C60.331664187224455|title=Brough, HU 544 612 GB Grid|publisher=Ordnance Survey|accessdate=1 February 2013}} There are several caves to the southeast. From Clate, a track leads to the southeast, up to a quarry, then leads uphill, passing the southwestern ridge of the Ward of Clett.{{cite book|last=Uney|first=Graham|title=Walking on the Orkney and Shetland Isles: 80 Walks in the Northern Isles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s9lQhNLd-gsC&pg=PA164|year=2010|publisher=Cicerone Press Limited|isbn=978-1-85284-572-8|page=164}}
History
The British military established a radar camp in Clate during wartime. Tanks and sheds built by the military were still in use in 1986.{{cite book|last=Cohen|first=Anthony Paul|title=Symbolising Boundaries: Identity and Diversity in British Cultures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bD-8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA15|accessdate=1 February 2013|year=1986|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-0-7190-2201-2|page=15}} A Catalina bomber crashed in the vicinity in the early part of World War II.
References
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External links
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- [http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/242303/details/de+hoop+van+sayn+whalsay+north+sea/ Canmore - De Hoop Van Sayn: Whalsay, North Sea site record]
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