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Little Holm, Yell Sound

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Foundation
  
concrete basement

Markings / pattern
  
white tower

Focal height
  
12 m

Automated
  
1975

Construction
  
metal skeletal tower

Light source
  
solar power

Height
  
7 m

Year first constructed
  
1976

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Location
  
Little Holm Yell Sound Shetland Scotland United Kingdom

Tower shape
  
square parallelepiped tower covered by aluminium panels with light on the top

Little Holm is a small island in Yell Sound, in Shetland. It lies between Northmavine and the Isle of Yell.

Map of Little Holm, United Kingdom

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. Its identity is still unknown.

References

Little Holm, Yell Sound Wikipedia