Kili Holm
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| Waters | North Sea | |
| Archipelago | Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 59 ° 10 '34 " N , 2 ° 55' 8" W | |
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| length | 440 m | |
| width | 170 m | |
| Highest elevation | 6 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Kili Holm is a flat tidal island of Orkney Islands in Scotland , which at low tide over the Smithy sound with the south-western island Egilsay connected. Kili Holm is made of red sandstone . On the island , which is used as a low-yield sheep pasture, there is a cairn (stone mound) that has not yet been investigated .
Unusually, and as with Egilsay, the name of the holm may have a Gaelic etymology. In this case, Cilles meant a monk cell. Egilsay could be derived from eaglais (church). It could have been another "papey" or island of the papar or culdeer .
The northeast is known as the Point of Ridden , the northwest as the Point of Pitten (possibly also derived from Gaelic). The west is called the Marlow .