Lamba, Shetland

Lamba
Location
Lamba
Lamba shown within Shetland
OS grid reference HU390816
Area and summit
Area 43 ha (0.17 sq mi)
Area rank 214
Highest elevation 35 m (115 ft)
Population
Population 0
Groupings
Island group Shetland
Local Authority Shetland Islands
References [1][2][3]
If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. Population data is from 2001 census.
Not to be confused with The Lamb (island), Firth of Forth.

Lamba is an uninhabited island in Yell Sound in Shetland. It lies 1.5 km (0.93 mi) north of the entrance to the Sullom Voe inlet. Rising 35 metres above sea level, it has an area of 43 hectares (0.17 sq mi). Its main features are a 27m high light marking the entrance to Sullom Voe,[4] and an adjacent communications mast.

There are similarly named places, Lamba in the Faroe Islands and Lambay in Ireland.

Footnotes

  1. ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  2. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1841954543. 
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey. Get-a-map (Map). http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/. 
  4. ^ "Overview of The Lamb". Gazetteer for Scotland. http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1814.html. Retrieved 4 October 2008. 
Islands of Yell Sound, Shetland

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