Little Holm
Little Holm is a small island to the west of South Mainland in Shetland. It is near Scatness and Lady's Holm. A trawler was wrecked there in 1916.Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the parish of Dunrossness
- Also known as: “Little Holm, Dunrossness”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lady’s Holm and Sumburgh Airport.
Lady’s Holm
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lady's Holm is an island off southern Mainland in the Shetland Islands. 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.
Sumburgh Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Ronnie Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sumburgh Airport is the main airport serving the island of Shetland, Scotland. It is located on the southern tip of the mainland, in the parish of Dunrossness, 17 NM south of Lerwick.
Jarlshof
Nature reserve
Jarlshof is the best-known prehistoric archaeological site in Shetland, Scotland. It lies in Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland and has been described as "one of the most remarkable archaeological sites ever excavated in the British Isles".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scatness and Sumburgh.
Scatness
Village
Photo: Douglas Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scatness is a settlement on the headland of Scat Ness at the southern tip of Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, across the West Voe of Sumburgh from Sumburgh Head and close to Sumburgh Airport, the Shetland Islands' main airport.
Sumburgh
Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sumburgh is a village near the southern tip of Mainland in the Shetland Islands, with a population in 2011 of about 100. Its main attraction is Jarlshof, continuously inhabited for 4000 years.
Toab
Village
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Toab is the southernmost village on Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. It is part of Virkie and overlooks Sumburgh Airport. Toab is within the parish of Dunrossness. The name Toab may come from the old Norse hópr or hóp meaning a small landlocked bay or lagoon.
Little Holm
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.8705° or 59° 52′ 14″ northLongitude
-1.32339° or 1° 19′ 24″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
9CFWVMCG+6JOpenStreetMap ID
way 88297948OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
13285937Wikidata ID
Q6650339
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Little Holm” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Little Holm, Scatness”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Little Holm ved Scatness”
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