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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
Coordinates	60°23′12″N 0°54′46″W / 60.3868°N 0.9129°W / 60.3868; -0.9129
Physical geography
Island group	Shetland
Highest elevation	32 feet (9.8 m)
Administration
Council area	Shetland Islands
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
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 kayaker may find their way through the rocks between the islet and the headland of Skaw Taing on Whalsay. Further out to sea there is another rocky islet, the Outer Holm of Skaw. The islet has a ruined chapel. In 1955 a pair of Sandwich terns nested on the islet.

See also

• Holm of Skaw
• Outer Holm of Skaw

Gallery

• Inner Holm of Skaw
• Looking across Wester Netlar to Sponger Point with the Inner Holm of Skaw beyond.

References

Citations

1. United States. Hydrographic Office 1950, p. 311.
2. Smith & Jex 2007, p. 215.
3. Munro & Gittings 2006, p. 370.
4. Haswell-Smith 2004, p. 454.
5. Bannerman 1962, p. 137.

Sources

• Bannerman, David Armitage (1962). The birds of the British Isles. Oliver and Boyd. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
• Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2 September 2004). The Scottish islands: a comprehensive guide to every Scottish Island. Canongate. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
• Munro, David M.; Gittings, Bruce M. (2006). Scotland: an encyclopedia of places & landscapes. Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-472466-9. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
• Smith, Tom; Jex, Chris (15 March 2007). The Northern Isles: Orkney and Shetland Sea Kayaking. Pesda Press. ISBN 978-1-906095-00-0. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
• United States. Hydrographic Office (1950). Sailing directions for the north and east coasts of Scotland: Cape Wrath to Fife Ness and including the Orkney, Shetland and Faeroe Islands. U.S. Govt. Print. Off. Retrieved 4 February 2013.

v t e Whalsay
Settlements	Brough Challister Clate Hamister Huxter Isbister Marrister New Park North Park Saltness Sandwick Skaw Sodom Symbister Treawick Tripwell Vaivoe Vats-houll
Geography	Bays, cliffs, and headlands: List of coastal features of Whalsay Linga Sound Islets: East Linga Holm of Sandwick Inner Holm of Skaw Isbister Holm Mooa Nista Outer Holm of Skaw Rumble Skate of Marrister West Linga Hills: Setter Hill Lochs: Little Water Loch of Houll Loch of Huxter Loch of Isbister Loch of Livister Loch of Sandwick Loch of Stanefield Loch of Vats-houll Nuckro Water East Loch of Skaw West Loch of Skaw Streams: Breiwick Burn Falsa Burn Scarfmoor Burn
Archaeological sites	Benie Hoose Huxter Fort Peerie Roonie House Pettigarths Field Cairns Standing Stones of Yoxie
Buildings	Pier House Museum Symbister House Whalsay Airstrip Whalsay Parish Church Whalsay School

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