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Oxna

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Norse name
  
yxn-øy

OS grid reference
  
HU350372

Highest elevation
  
38 m

Area
  
68 ha

Lieutenancy area
  
Shetland

Meaning of name
  
"ox island"

Area rank
  
177

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Council area
  
Shetland

Island groups
  
Shetland, British Isles

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Oxna is one of the Scalloway Islands, lying north west of Burra in Shetland, Scotland. Oxna has an area of 68 hectares (170 acres).

Map of Oxna, United Kingdom

The island has been uninhabited since World War I, but there is a house which is still used as a holiday home.

Papa island lies a few hundred metres to the east of Oxna's north coast.

References

Oxna Wikipedia