Linga, Yell Sound

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Linga
Old Norse namelyngey
Meaning of nameheather island
Beacon on the north end of Linga - geograph.org.uk - 1930460.jpg
North end of Linga
Location
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Linga
Linga shown within Shetland
OS grid reference HU466733
Coordinates 60°26′N1°09′W / 60.44°N 1.15°W / 60.44; -1.15
Physical geography
Island group Shetland
Area38 ha [1]
Highest elevation40 m (131 ft)
Administration
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Scotland
Council area Shetland Islands
Demographics
Population0 [2]
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References [3] [4]

Linga is one of the Shetland Islands, in Yell Sound.

Geography and geology

Linga is an extremely common name in Shetland, meaning heather island. This Linga is not far from Firth and Firths Voe, in the West. Fish Holm is to the North and Lunna Ness to the east.

Linga is made of coarse gneiss, with some granite. [3] It is about 43 ha in area and 40m at its highest point.

Footnotes

  1. Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
  2. National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. 1 2 Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN   978-1-84195-454-7.
  4. Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.

Coordinates: 60°26′27″N1°09′18″W / 60.44082°N 1.15508°W / 60.44082; -1.15508


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