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{{Infobox Scottish island
{{Infobox Scottish island
|Image=Lingayell.jpg
|Map=
|ImageCaption=Linga from the north
|latitude=60.66
|location_map=Scotland Shetland
|longitude=-1.0
|coordinates = {{coord|60.66|-1.0|display=inline}}
|GridReference=HU557986
|GridReference=HU557986
|caption= Linga shown within Shetland
|official_name=Linga
|official_name=Linga
|celtic name= Unknown
|celtic name= Unknown
|norse name= Lyngey
|norse name= Lyngey
|meaning of name= heather island
|meaning of name= Heather Island
|area= {{convert|45|ha|acre|0|abbr=on}}
|area= {{convert|45|ha|acre|0|abbr=on}}
|area rank=205=
|area rank=210=
|highest elevation= {{convert|26|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|highest elevation= {{convert|26|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|Population= nil
|Population= 0
|population rank=
|population rank=
|main settlement=
|main settlement=
|island group= [[Shetland]]
|island group= [[Shetland]]
|local authority=[[Shetland Islands|Shetland]]
|local authority=[[Shetland Islands|Shetland]]
|references=<ref name=HS/><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesK-O.pdf| title=Placenames| author=Iain Mac an Tailleir| publisher=Pàrlamaid na h-Alba|format=PDF| accessdate={{date|2007-07-23}}}}</ref><ref name=OS>[http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/ "Get-a-map"] [[Ordnance Survey]]</ref>}}
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'''Linga''' is a very small uninhabited island in the [[Bluemull Sound]], [[Shetland]], [[Scotland]]. It is one of many [[List of islands called Linga#Shetland|islands in Shetland called Linga]]. It is 45 ha and 26m at its highest point.
'''Linga''' is a very small uninhabited island in the [[Bluemull Sound]], [[Shetland]], Scotland. It is one of many [[List of islands called Linga#Shetland|islands in Shetland called Linga]]. It has an area of 45 ha and is 26m at its highest point.


==Geography and geology==
==Geography and geology==
[[Image:Lingayell.jpg|left|thumb|Linga from the north]]
Linga is made up of "coarse [[mica]]-[[schist]] and [[gneiss]]".<ref name=HS>{{Haswell-Smith}}</ref>
Linga is made up of "coarse [[mica]]-[[schist]] and [[gneiss]]".<ref name=HS>{{Haswell-Smith}}</ref>


It is situated off the east coast of [[Yell (island)|Yell]], near the village of [[Gutcher]], and has an area of 111 acres. It is separated from Yell by Linga Sound, and [[Unst]] is to the north east. [[Sound Gruney]], [[Urie Lingey]] are to the south east, and [[Hascosay]] to the south.
It is situated off the east coast of [[Yell (island)|Yell]], near the village of [[Gutcher]], and has an area of {{convert|111|acre|km2}}. It is separated from Yell by Linga Sound, and [[Unst]] is to the north east. [[Sound Gruney]], [[Urie Lingey]] are to the south east, and [[Hascosay]] to the south.


There is little freshwater on the island.
There is little freshwater on the island.
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It is said that Jan Tait of [[Fetlar]] once kept a [[bear]] on the island, and this is commemorated in the placename - "Bear's Bait". It was said to be from [[Norway]], where he had been taken for trial for murder, but he was pardoned for capturing this particular bear, which had been causing problems over there.<ref name=HS/>
It is said that Jan Tait of [[Fetlar]] once kept a [[bear]] on the island, and this is commemorated in the placename - "Bear's Bait". It was said to be from [[Norway]], where he had been taken for trial for murder, but he was pardoned for capturing this particular bear, which had been causing problems over there.<ref name=HS/>


An abandoned chapel is located on the island. An unknown duke once planned to build a large house there after buying land on it. However this was cancelled as doctors and other services refused to provide a service to such a small remote island. The land is now owned by Charlie Henderson of Cullivoe.
An abandoned chapel is located on the island. An unknown duke once planned to build a large house there after buying land on it. However this was cancelled as doctors and other services refused to provide a service to such a small remote island.


On 19 July 1923, the SS ''Jane'' ran aground on the island.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://mv-valkyrie.co.uk/diving/shetland/further-afield/| title=Further afield| publisher=MV Valkyrie| accessdate=31 October 2010}}</ref> The 840-ton ship, carrying herring from Baltasound, Unst to Lerwick, later sank into 20m of water just off the island.
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There is also the remains of a sheep fold in the north.

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There is also the remains of a [[sheep fold]] in the north.


==Wildlife==
==Wildlife==
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==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Islands of Shetland]]
[[Category:Uninhabited islands of Shetland]]
[[Category:Uninhabited islands of Shetland]]


{{Shetland-geo-stub}}

Latest revision as of 13:01, 11 April 2022

Linga
Scottish Gaelic nameUnknown
Old Norse nameLyngey
Meaning of nameHeather Island
Linga from the north
Linga from the north
Location
Linga is located in Shetland
Linga
Linga
Linga shown within Shetland
OS grid referenceHU557986
Coordinates60°40′N 1°00′W / 60.66°N 1.0°W / 60.66; -1.0
Physical geography
Island groupShetland
Area45 ha (111 acres)
Area rank210= [1]
Highest elevation26 m (85 ft)
Administration
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryScotland
Council areaShetland
Demographics
Population0
Lymphad
References[2][3][4]

Linga is a very small uninhabited island in the Bluemull Sound, Shetland, Scotland. It is one of many islands in Shetland called Linga. It has an area of 45 ha and is 26m at its highest point.

Geography and geology[edit]

Linga is made up of "coarse mica-schist and gneiss".[2]

It is situated off the east coast of Yell, near the village of Gutcher, and has an area of 111 acres (0.45 km2). It is separated from Yell by Linga Sound, and Unst is to the north east. Sound Gruney, Urie Lingey are to the south east, and Hascosay to the south.

There is little freshwater on the island.

History[edit]

A hut in the north of the island.

It is said that Jan Tait of Fetlar once kept a bear on the island, and this is commemorated in the placename - "Bear's Bait". It was said to be from Norway, where he had been taken for trial for murder, but he was pardoned for capturing this particular bear, which had been causing problems over there.[2]

An abandoned chapel is located on the island. An unknown duke once planned to build a large house there after buying land on it. However this was cancelled as doctors and other services refused to provide a service to such a small remote island.

On 19 July 1923, the SS Jane ran aground on the island.[5] The 840-ton ship, carrying herring from Baltasound, Unst to Lerwick, later sank into 20m of water just off the island.

There is also the remains of a sheep fold in the north.

Wildlife[edit]

Surprisingly for an island whose name derives from the Norse for "heather isle", very little grows here.

Otters, guillemots and seals breed on the island.

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  2. ^ a b c Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
  3. ^ Iain Mac an Tailleir. "Placenames" (PDF). Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2007.
  4. ^ "Get-a-map" Ordnance Survey
  5. ^ "Further afield". MV Valkyrie. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
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