Rumble is a

skerry A skerry is a small rocky island, or islet, usually too small for human habitation. It may simply be a rocky reef. A skerry can also be called a low stack (geology), sea stack. A skerry may have vegetative life such as moss and small, hardy ...

in the

Shetland Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the ...

islands of

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th ...

, situated roughly east off the coast of

Huxter Huxter is a crofting township in southeastern Whalsay in the parish of Nesting in the Shetland islands of Scotland. It lies to the east of Symbister, just north of the Loch of Huxter. Huxter Fort Huxter Fort is an Iron Age fortification on ...

, southeastern

Whalsay Whalsay ( sco, Whalsa; non, Hvalsey or ''Hvals-øy'', meaning 'Whale Island') is the sixth largest of the Shetland Islands in the north of Scotland. Geography Whalsay, also known as "The Bonnie Isle", is a peat-covered island in the Shetland I ...

. It lies to southwest of

East Linga East Linga is one of the Shetland Islands. It lies between Whalsay (to the west), and Grif Skerry to the east. Geography and geology The bed rock is gneiss with granite veins. There are many skerries and rocks in the channel south of Whalsay an ...

. The main island, also known as Rumble Holm, is high. Nearby and to the north are the Flaeshans of Rumble, a series of small islets and stacks and Burlastack of Rumble lies to the east. On the northern side of the main island is an inlet, known as the Voe of Rumble.

Lobster Lobsters are a family (Nephropidae, synonym Homaridae) of marine crustaceans. They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. Three of their five pairs of legs have claws, including the first pair, ...

s and

prawn Prawn is a common name for small aquatic crustaceans with an exoskeleton and ten legs (which is a member of the order decapoda), some of which can be eaten. The term "prawn"Mortenson, Philip B (2010''This is not a weasel: a close look at nature ...

s are said to shelter here. It is also mentioned that a ship named ''Griften'' of unknown nationality was shipwrecked either here or on the

Holm of Sandwick The Holm of Sandwick is an islet, located roughly off Haa Ness and the southwestern side of Whalsay, in the Shetland Islands of Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the isl ...

in 1611.

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Islets of Whalsay Uninhabited islands of Shetland Skerries of Scotland {{Shetland-geo-stub