Lady's Holm
Appearance
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Scottish Gaelic name | Unknown |
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Old Norse name | Unknown |
Meaning of name | na |
Location | |
OS grid reference | HU3757409715 |
Coordinates | 59°52′17″N 1°19′44″W / 59.871389°N 1.328889°W |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Shetland |
Area rank | na [1] |
Highest elevation | 21 m |
Administration | |
Council area | Shetland |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Demographics | |
Population | uninhabited |
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Lady's Holm is an island off southern Mainland in the Shetland Islands.[2] It is not to be confused with the Maiden Stack, which is also known as "Frau Stack"
It is to the west of Scat Ness and the village of Scatness, a headland on Mainland, and there is also another islet nearby, Little Holm.
Sumburgh Airport is about a mile northeast.
It is 21 metres (69 ft) at its highest point, which is marked by a cairn.[2]
It was traditionally used for grazing sheep.[2] Grey seals also inhabit the island and they were badly affected by the oil spill from the MV Brear in 1993.[3]
In 1942, a Bristol Blenheim Mk IV bomber of the RCAF crashed off Lady's Holm.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
- ^ a b c Shetlopedia article
- ^ Hall, Ailsa J.; Watkins, John; Hiby, Lex (16 July 1996). "The impact of the 1993 Braer oil spill on grey seals in Shetland". Science of the Total Environment. Marine Mammals And The Marine Environment. 186 (1–2): 119–125. doi:10.1016/0048-9697(96)05090-5. PMID 8685704.
- ^ "Shetland underwater crash sites - Blenheim IV T1949 404 (RCAF) Sq 06/10/1942 Off Lady's Holm". Aviation Research Group Orkney & Shetland. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
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59°52′17″N 1°19′44″W / 59.87139°N 1.32889°W