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Holm of Skaw

Coordinates: 60°49′59″N 0°46′17″W / 60.832918°N 0.771446°W / 60.832918; -0.771446
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60°49′59″N 0°46′17″W / 60.832918°N 0.771446°W / 60.832918; -0.771446

Holm of Skaw
Location
Holm of Skaw is located in Shetland
Holm of Skaw
Holm of Skaw
Coordinates60°49′59″N 0°46′17″W / 60.832918°N 0.771446°W / 60.832918; -0.771446
Physical geography
Island groupShetland
Highest elevation57 feet (17 m)
Administration
Council areaShetland Islands
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Demographics
Population0
Lymphad

The Holm of Skaw is a small islet off the northeast coast of the island of Unst. It is just northeast of the settlement of Skaw. The island is 57 feet (17 m) in height.[1] There is a lighthouse on the island.[2] Tidal currents are slack between Holm of Skaw and Herma Ness at high water, and the passage may be made by small boats. The Skaw Röst, a dangerous tidal race, forms off the shore of the Holm of Skaw and Lamba Ness.[3]

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  • Taylor, Roger D. (2010). Mingming & the Art of Minimal Ocean Sailing. Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9558035-1-2. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  • United States Hydrographic Office (1950). Sailing directions for the north and east coasts of Scotland: Cape Wrath to Fife Ness and including the Orkney, Shetland and Faeroe Islands. U.S. Govt. Print. Off. p. 345. Retrieved 4 February 2013.