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Inner Holm of Skaw

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Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Population
  
0

Island group
  
Shetland

Lieutenancy area
  
Shetland

Country
  
Scotland

Highest elevation
  
9.754 m

Council area
  
Shetland

Inner Holm of Skaw

The Inner Holm of Skaw is a small, uninhabited islet off the northern tip of the island of Whalsay, in the Shetland Islands of Scotland, north of the village of Skaw.

Contents

Map of Inner Holm of Skaw, Shetland, UK

Location

A kayakar may find their way through the rocks between the islet and the headland of Skaw Taing on Whalsay. Further out to sea there is another rocky islet, the Outer Holm of Skaw. The islet has a ruined chapel. In 1955 a pair of Sandwich terns nested on the islet.

References

Inner Holm of Skaw Wikipedia