Lamba

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Lamba

Shetland


Beacon at south-west of Lamba
Location
Location: 60°31’12"N, 1°17’24"W
Grid reference: HU390816
Area: 106 acres
Highest point: 115 feet
Data
Population: 0

Lamba is an uninhabited island in Yell Sound in Shetland. It lies a mile north of the entrance to Sullom Voe, a busy commercial inlet. It rises to no more than 115 feet above sea level and has an area of 106 acres.

The island's main features are a light 89 feet high marking the entrance to Sullom Voe,[1] and an adjacent communications mast.

There are similarly named places, including Lambay Island in County Dublin, Ireland and Lamba in the Faroe Islands.

References

  1. ↑ "Overview of The Lamb". Gazetteer for Scotland. http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1814.html. Retrieved 4 October 2008. 
The islands of Yell Sound, Shetland
Yell

Bigga  • Brother Isle  • Fish Holm  • Lamba  • Linga  • Little Holm  • Little Roe  • Lunna Holm  • Muckle Holm  • Orfasay  • Ramna Stacks  • Samphrey  • Uynarey

Mainland

Islands of Shetland

Inhabited islands:
Mainland  • Bressay  • Burra (East & West)  • Fair Isle  • Fetlar  • Foula  • Muckle Roe  • Out Skerries  • Papa Stour  • Trondra  • Unst  • Vaila  • Whalsay  • Yell

Other islands:
Balta  • Bigga  • Brother Isle  • Colsay  • Hascosay  • Hildasay  • Lamba  • Linga, Muckle Roe  • Linga, Yell  • Mousa  • Muckle Flugga  • Noss  • Oxna  • Papa  • Papa Little  • Samphrey  • South Havra  • Uyea, Northmavine  • Uyea, Unst  • Vementry  • West Linga

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