Inner Holm of Skaw

Not to be confused with Inner Holm.

Coordinates: 60°23′13″N 0°54′47″W / 60.386889°N 0.912938°W / 60.386889; -0.912938

Inner Holm of Skaw
Location
Inner Holm of Skaw
Physical geography
Island group Shetland
Highest elevation 32 feet (9.8 m)[1]
Political geography
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Scotland
Council area Shetland Islands
Demographics
Population 0

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.

Location

A kayakar may find their way through the rocks between the islet and the headland of Skaw Taing on Whalsay.[2] Further out to sea there is another rocky islet, the Outer Holm of Skaw.[3] The islet has a ruined chapel.[4] In 1955 a pair of Sandwich terns nested on the islet.[5]

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