Muckle Holm (other)

	Muckle Holm (other) Muckle Holm is the name of a number of islands in Orkney and Shetland. It is an oxymoron, 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, Nordland, a village in Bindal Municipality in Nordland county ..." refers to an islet. Orkney * Muckle Green Holm Shetland * Muckle Holm, Yell Sound, in Yell Sound between Sandwick on Yell, and Burravoe, Mainland See also * Muckle Skerry * Stoura Stack * Muckle Ossa {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Oxymoron An oxymoron (plurals: oxymorons and oxymora) is a figure of speech that Juxtaposition, juxtaposes concepts with opposite meanings within a word or in a phrase that is a self-contradiction (other), self-contradiction. As a rhetorical device, an oxymoron illustrates a point to communicate and reveal a paradox. A general meaning of "contradiction in terms" is recorded by the 1902 edition of the ''Oxford English Dictionary. The term ''oxymoron'' is first recorded as Latinized Greek ', in Maurus Servius Honoratus (c. AD 400); it is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek word ' "sharp, keen, pointed" Retrieved 26 February 2013. and "dull, stupid, foolish"; as it were, "sharp-dull", "keenly stupid", or "pointedly foolish".. Retrieved 26 February 2013. "Pointedly foolish: a witty saying, the more pointed from being paradoxical or seemingly absurd." The word ''oxymoron'' is autological, i.e., it is itself an example of an oxymoron. The Greek compound word ', which would corre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Holm (island) There are numerous islands containing the word ''holm'', mainly in northern Europe. In many cases the name is derived from the Old Norse ''holmr'', meaning "a small and rounded islet". These include: Denmark * Bornholm * Hørsholm * Munkholm * Slotsholmen Germany * Dänholm * Holm (Flensburg), Holm in Flensburg * Holm (Schleswig), Holm in Schleswig Greenland * Holm Ø Ireland * Holmpatrick (the original name for the town of Skerries, County Dublin, and one of its islands Sweden Stockholm (originally the islet Helgeandsholmen in central Stockholm) Djursholm (suburb of Stockholm) Tureholm (island), Tureholm There are hundreds of islets in the Stockholm archipelago containing the word "holm" United Kingdom England Holm Island in the River Thames Steep Holm in the Bristol Channel Portholme in the River Great Ouse Holme-next-the-Sea in Norfolk Northern Ireland Ballynahinch, County Down () Orkney, Scotland Glimps Holm Helliar Holm Holm of Papa Lamb Holm Linga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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'; 'holm' is from the Old Norse ''holmr'', a small and rounded islet. Geography To the south lies Little Green Holm, and between the two is the Sound of Green Holms. Eastward is a strait called Fall of Warness between Muckle Green Holm and the much larger island of Eday. Muckle Green Holm has a great cormorant colony and a population of European otters. Tidal power The Fall of Warness has strong tidal currents suitable for tidal power Tidal power or tidal energy is harnessed by converting energy from tides into useful forms of power, mainly electricity using various methods. Although not yet widely used, tidal energy has the potential for future electricity generation. T .... Starting in 2007, the European Marine Energy Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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 This is a list of lighthouses in Scotland. The Northern Lighthouse Board, from which much of the information is derived, are responsible for most lighthouses in Scotland but have handed over responsibility in the major estuaries to the port aut ... * List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses References External links Northern Lighthouse Board Close-up of Muckle Holm Lighthouse Uninhabited islands of Shetland Lighthouses in Shetland {{UK-lighthouse-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Muckle Skerry Muckle Skerry is the largest of the Pentland Skerries, a group of uninhabited Islet, islets that lie off the north coast of Scotland in the Pentland Firth. It is home to the Pentland Skerries Lighthouse, in the north of the island. The skerry is approximately by , with an area of . It is surrounded by low cliffs, with caves and Geo (landform), geos. There is a small landing point in Scartan Bay, to the east, with a track to the lighthouse. There is also a small burial ground. Together with Swona, it forms the Pentland Firth Islands Site of Special Scientific Interest, SSSI. Geography Muckle Skerry lies in the Pentland Firth at . It is the westernmost of the skerries. At long and rising to an elevation of above sea level, it is sizable enough to be considered an island. However, the notoriously bad weather of the firth has historically rendered Muckle Skerry uninhabitable and as such it is more often thought of as a skerry. Possible remains of a Broch at the head of Saltwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]