Scottish Gaelic name | Unknown |
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Old Norse name | Unknown |
Meaning of name | na |
Location | |
OS grid reference | HU3757409715 |
Coordinates | 59°52′17″N 1°19′44″W / 59.871389°N 1.328889°W |
Physical geography | |
Island group | Shetland |
Area rank | na [1] |
Highest elevation | 21 m |
Administration | |
Council area | Shetland |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Demographics | |
Population | uninhabited |
Lady's Holm is an island off southern Mainland in the Shetland Islands.[2] It is not to be confused with the Maiden Stack, which is also known as "Frau Stack"
It is to the west of Scat Ness and the village of Scatness, a headland on Mainland, and there is also another islet nearby, Little Holm.
Sumburgh Airport is about a mile northeast.
It is 21 metres (69 ft) at its highest point, which is marked by a cairn.[2]
It was traditionally used for grazing sheep.[2] Grey seals also inhabit the island and they were badly affected by the oil spill from the MV Brear in 1993.[3]
In 1942, a Bristol Blenheim Mk IV bomber of the RCAF crashed off Lady's Holm.[4]