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Rysa Little

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OS grid reference
  
ND310976

Country
  
Highest elevation
  
20 m

Council area
  
Island groups
  
British Isles, Orkney

Sovereign state
  
Population
  
0

Area
  
32 ha

Lieutenancy area
  
Orkney

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Meaning of name
  
Old Norse and English meaning 'little heap of stones'.

Rysa Little is an uninhabited island in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is approximately 32 hectares (79 acres) in area, and rises to 20 metres (66 feet) above sea level.

Map of Rysa Little, United Kingdom

It is situated in the Scapa Flow just offshore from the much larger island of Hoy and nearby is the islet of Cava. Between Rysa Little and Fara lies Gutter Sound, the scene of the mass-scuttling of the interned German Imperial High Seas Fleet in 1919.

Many of the smaller South Isles of Orkney lost their resident populations during the course of the twentieth century, but Rysa Little has not been inhabited since earlier times.

References

Rysa Little Wikipedia


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