Muckle Holm is the name of a number of islands in Orkney and Shetland. It is an

oxymoron An oxymoron (usual plural oxymorons, more rarely oxymora) is a figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposing meanings within a word or phrase that creates an ostensible self-contradiction. An oxymoron can be used as a rhetorical devi ...

, since ''muckle'' means "big" and "

holm Holm may refer to: Places * Holm (island), the name of several islands * Holm, Nordfriesland, Germany * Holm, Pinneberg, Germany * Holm (Flensburg), Flensburg, Germany * Holm, Norway, in Nordland county * Holm, Troms, Norway * Holm, Podu Iloa ...

" refers to an islet.

Orkney

Muckle Green Holm Muckle Green Holm is an uninhabited island in the North Isles of the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is roughly in extent and rises to above sea level, the summit having a triangulation pillar. Name 'Muckle' is Scots for 'big' or 'large ...

Shetland

Muckle Holm, Yell Sound Muckle Holm is a small island in Shetland. It is in Yell Sound, near the Northmavine. It is at its highest point. There is a lighthouse, first lit in 1976. See also * List of lighthouses in Scotland * List of Northern Lighthouse Board light ...

, in Yell Sound between Sandwick on Yell, and Burravoe, Mainland