Isbister, Shetland
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name=Isbister
| label_position=left
| static_image_name= Southern tip of Isbister Loch (geograph 3584951).jpg
| static_image_caption= The southern tip of Isbister Loch, with Isbister in the background
| country= Scotland
| population=
| os_grid_reference= HU578642
| coordinates = {{coord|60.359|-0.952|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
}}
Isbister is a settlement in eastern Whalsay in the parish of Nesting in the Shetland islands of Scotland. It lies on the eastern side of Loch of Isbister. There is a small islet about {{convert|2|km}} off the coast named Isbister Holm, where the ship Jufron Ingester was wrecked on 12 November 1778.{{cite web|url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/242269/details/jufron+ingester+isbister+holm+whalsay+skerries+north+sea/|title=Jufron Ingester|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland|accessdate=1 February 2013}} The ancestral home of the great Adam Isbister, also known as A.
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External links
{{Commons category|Isbister, Whalsay|Isbister}}
- [http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/1327/details/whalsay+isbister+nisthouse/ Canmore - Whalsay, Isbister, Nisthouse site record]
- [http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/71020/details/whalsay+isbister/ Canmore - Whalsay, Isbister site record]
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