Holm of Skaw

See also: Inner Holm of Skaw and Outer Holm of Skaw

60.832918°N 0.771446°W / 60.832918; -0.771446

Holm of Skaw

Location
Holm of Skaw
Coordinates	60.832918°N 0.771446°W / 60.832918; -0.771446
Physical geography
Island group	Shetland
Highest elevation	57 feet (17 m)
Administration
Council area	Shetland Islands
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Demographics
Population	0

The Holm of Skaw is a small islet off the northeast coast of the island of Unst. It is just northeast of the settlement of Skaw. The island is 57 feet (17 m) in height.[1] There is a lighthouse on the island.[2] Tidal currents are slack between Holm of Skaw and Herma Ness at high water, and the passage may be made by small boats. The Skaw Röst, a dangerous tidal race, forms off the shore of the Holm of Skaw and Lamba Ness.[3]

Gallery

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  Skaw from the Ward of Norwick The most northerly house in Britain in the foreground and the Holm of Skaw beyond.
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  Creel boat in the channel between Holm of Skaw and Inner Flaess
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  View to Holm of Skaw from Lamba Ness on a cold raw winter's day
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  Looking across to the Holm of Skaw
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  Holm of Skaw From Houlls-nef
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  Holm of Skaw The lighthouse above the narrow channel between Holm of Skaw and Inner Flaess.
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  The channel between Holm of Skaw and Inner Flaess, on the left, often used as a short cut by boats
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  In the foreground is a building from the former RAF Skaw and in the background is the Holm of Skaw, with its lighthouse. At low tide it seems that it should be possible to walk out to the holm, but a deep channel runs between the rocks.

References

Citations

1. United States Hydrographic Office 1950, p. 345.
2. Taylor 2010, p. 48.
3. United States Hydrographic Office 1950, p. 254.

Sources

• Taylor, Roger D. (2010). Mingming & the Art of Minimal Ocean Sailing. Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9558035-1-2. 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. p. 345. Retrieved 4 February 2013.