Muckle Holm
Muckle Holm is a small island in Shetland. It is in Yell Sound, near the Northmavine. It is 23 metres at its highest point. There is a lighthouse, first lit in 1976.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: john bateson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Yell Sound, Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Muckle Holm, Yell Sound”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Little Holm and Loch of Beith.
Little Holm
Islet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Holm is a small island in Yell Sound, in Shetland, Scotland. It lies between Northmavine and the island of Yell. There is a lighthouse here. In 1983, the Royal Navy cleared ordnance from the area, and their bomb disposal team discovered an unrecorded shipwreck nearby. Little Holm is situated 1½ miles south of Muckle Holm.
Loch of Beith
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch of Beith is situated 2 miles west of Muckle Holm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Sandwick.
West Sandwick
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Sandwick is a settlement on the island of Yell, Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is one of the few settlements in the west of the island. West Sandwick contains one of the major recreational beaches in Yell. West Sandwick is situated 3 miles east of Muckle Holm.
Muckle Holm
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.58086° or 60° 34′ 51″ northLongitude
-1.26544° or 1° 15′ 56″ westOpen location code
9CGWHPJM+8ROpenStreetMap ID
way 867569421OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Muckle Holm” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Muckle Holm”
- Dutch: “Muckle Holm, Yell Sound”
- Japanese: “マックル・ホルム”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Muckle Holm i Yell Sound”
- Swedish: “Muckle Holm”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Muckle Holm”. Photo: john bateson, CC BY-SA 2.0.