Muckle Green Holm
| Muckle Green Holm | |
 Muckle Green Holm seen from the north-west | |
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| Location | |
| Location: | 59°7’48"N, 2°49’48"W |
| Grid reference: | HY525272 |
| Area: | 69 acres |
| Highest point: | 92 feet |
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| Population: | Uninhabited |
Muckle Green Holm is an uninhabited island in the North Isles of Orkney. It is roughly 69 acres in extent and rises to a summit of just 92 feet above sea level, the summit having a trig point.
The name of the island is from Scots rather than Old Norse, but with a Norn twist; 'holm' is a Norse word for a small island, usually attributed to a rounded isle, so 'Muckle Green Holm' means "Big, green, little island.[1]
To the south lies Little Green Holm, and between the two is the Sound of Green Holms. Eastward is a strait called Fall of Warness between Muckle Green Holm and the much larger island of Eday.
In these waters the European Marine Energy Centre have installed tidal power testing equipment.[2]
Muckle Green Holm has a Great Cormorant colony and a population of otters.[3]
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References
- ↑ Waugh, Doreen J., Orkney Place-names in Omand, Donald (ed.) (2003) The Orkney Book. Edinburgh, Birlinn. Page 119
- ↑ "EMEC". http://www.emec.org.uk/. Retrieved 2007-02-03.
- ↑ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1841954543.
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