Linga, Busta Voe

Linga
Old Norse name	lyngey
Meaning of name	"heather island"
Location
	Linga Linga shown within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU354639
Coordinates	60°22′N 1°21′W / 60.36°N 1.35°W
Physical geography
Island group	Shetland
Area	70 hectares (0.27 sq mi)
Area rank	171=
Highest elevation	69 metres (226 ft)
Administration
Council area	Shetland Islands
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Demographics
Population	0
References

Linga is a small, uninhabited island, 1 km (0.62 mi) east of Muckle Roe in the Shetland Islands. The island is roughly circular in shape and its highest elevation is 69 metres (226 ft). Its area is 70 hectares (0.27 sq mi).

Geography and geology

Linga is almost completely round, with a central peak. It lies between the mouths of Olna Firth and Gon Firth on the west coast of the Shetland Mainland.^[5] To the north is Delting on the Mainland, and the Mainland is also to the south and east. Papa Little is to the south west, and Mavis Grind to the north.

There is a submerged rock known as Groin Baa to the north.

The island is composed of gneiss and schist, with some quartzite and pelite. Its landscape is one of rough grass and heather.^[3]

Footnotes

^ 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.
^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
^ ^a ^b Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
^ Get-a-map (Map). Ordnance Survey.
^ "Overview of Linga". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 6 January 2008.

60°21′31″N 1°21′27″W / 60.35861°N 1.35750°W / 60.35861; -1.35750

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[RankNote-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] 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland

[Smith-3] Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.

[OS-4] Get-a-map (Map). Ordnance Survey.

[5] "Overview of Linga". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 6 January 2008.

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v t e Shetland
Inhabited islands	Mainland Bressay Burra East Burra West Burra Fair Isle Fetlar Foula Muckle Roe North Isles Out Skerries Papa Stour Trondra Unst Vaila Whalsay Yell
Other islands	Balta Bigga Brother Isle Colsay Hascosay Hildasay Lamba Linga, Bluemull Sound Linga, Busta Voe Linga (near Vementry) Linga, Vaila Sound Linga, Yell Sound Mousa Noss Oxna Papa Papa Little Samphrey South Havra St Ninian's Isle Uyea, Northmavine Uyea, Unst Vementry Ve Skerries West Linga
Towns and villages	Lerwick Aith Baltasound Bigton Bixter Brae Cunningsburgh Grutness Gulberwick Gutcher Haroldswick Hillswick Levenwick Mid Yell Mossbank North Roe Ollaberry Quarff Sandwick Scalloway Symbister Toab Toft Ulsta Uyeasound Vidlin Voe Walls Weisdale Whiteness
Mainland Parishes	Delting Dunrossness Lerwick Nesting Northmavine Sandsting Tingwall Walls and Sandness
Insular Parishes	Bressay Fetlar Unst Yell
Maritime features	Balta Sound Bluemull Sound Burra Voe Busta Voe Calder's Geo Ronas Voe St Magnus Bay Sullom Voe West Voe of Sumburgh Yell Sound
Extreme points (N S E W)	Out Stack The Skerry, off Fair Isle Bound Skerry Waster Hoevda, Foula
Topics	Animal breeds Etymology History Prehistory

Location
Old Norse name	lyngey
Meaning of name	"heather island"
Linga Linga shown within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU354639
Coordinates	60°22′N 1°21′W / 60.36°N 1.35°W / 60.36; -1.35
Physical geography
Island group	Shetland
Area	70 hectares (0.27 sq mi)
Area rank	171= ^[1]
Highest elevation	69 metres (226 ft)
Administration
Council area	Shetland Islands
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Demographics
Population	0

References	^[2]^[3]^[4]