Muckle Green Holm
Muckle Green Holm is an uninhabited island in the North Isles of the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is roughly 28 hectares in extent and rises to 28 metres above sea level, the summit having a triangulation pillar.- Type: Islet
- Description: uninhabited island in the North Isles of the Orkney archipelago in Scotland
- Also known as: “Green Holm”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Backaland and Quholm.
Backaland
Hamlet
Backaland is a settlement on the island of Eday in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is also within the parish of Eday, and it is located to the south west of the island. Backaland is situated at the southern end of the B9063. Backaland is situated 3 miles northeast of Muckle Green Holm.
Quholm
Hamlet
Quholm is a farm in the northeast of Shapinsay, in the islands of Orkney, Scotland. Quholm is situated 3½ miles south of Muckle Green Holm.
Muckle Green Holm
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.12842° or 59° 7′ 42″ north
Longitude
-2.82944° or 2° 49′ 46″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
9CFV45HC+96
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Muckle Green Holm” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Muckle Green Holm (pulo sa Hiniusang Gingharian, lat 59,13, long -2,82)”
- Cebuano: “Muckle Green Holm”
- Dutch: “Muckle Green Holm”
- French: “Muckle Green Holm”
- German: “Muckle Green Holm”
- Italian: “Muckle Green Holm”
- Japanese: “マックル・グリーン・ホルム島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Muckle Green Holm”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Muckle Green Holm”
- Swedish: “Muckle Green Holm”
- Uzbek: “Muckle Green Holm”
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