Lamba

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Lamba

Shetland

Lamba - geograph.org.uk - 1522364.jpg
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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