Muckle Holm is a small island in Shetland. It is in
Yell Sound, near the
Northmavine
Northmavine or Northmaven (from Old Norse , "north of the narrow isthmus") is a peninsula in Shetland forming the northernmost part of Mainland. The peninsula has historically formed a civil parish of the same name. The modern Northmavine comm ...
. It is at its highest point.
There is a lighthouse, first lit in 1976.
See also
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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 ...
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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
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