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词条 Inner Holm of Skaw
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  1. Location

  2. See also

  3. Gallery

  4. References

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The Inner Holm of Skaw is a small, uninhabited islet off the northern tip of the island of Whalsay, in the Shetland Islands of Scotland, north of the village of Skaw.

Location

A kayakar may find their way through the rocks between the islet and the headland of Skaw Taing on Whalsay.{{sfn|Smith|Jex|2007|p=215}}

Further out to sea there is another rocky islet, the Outer Holm of Skaw.{{sfn|Munro|Gittings|2006|p=370}}

The islet has a ruined chapel.{{sfn|Haswell-Smith|2004|p=454}}

In 1955 a pair of Sandwich terns nested on the islet.{{sfn|Bannerman|1962|p=137}}

See also

  • Holm of Skaw
  • Outer Holm of Skaw

Gallery

References

Citations
Sources{{refbegin}}
  • {{cite book |ref=harv

|last=Bannerman|first=David Armitage|title=The birds of the British Isles
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tB9IAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=2013-02-04
|year=1962|publisher=Oliver and Boyd}}
  • {{cite book|ref=harv

|last=Haswell-Smith|first=Hamish|title=The Scottish islands: a comprehensive guide to every Scottish Island
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lrZnAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=2013-02-04
|date=2004-09-02|publisher=Canongate}}
  • {{cite book |ref=harv

|last1=Munro|first1=David M.|last2=Gittings|first2=Bruce M.|title=Scotland: an encyclopedia of places & landscapes
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-i8ZAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=2013-02-04
|year=2006|publisher=Collins|isbn=978-0-00-472466-9}}
  • {{cite book|ref=harv

|last1=Smith|first1=Tom|last2=Jex|first2=Chris|title=The Northern Isles: Orkney and Shetland Sea Kayaking
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jGN4l2dIxloC&pg=PA215|accessdate=4 February 2013
|date=15 March 2007|publisher=Pesda Press|isbn=978-1-906095-00-0}}
  • {{cite book|ref=harv

|author=United States. Hydrographic Office|title=Sailing directions for the north and east coasts of Scotland: Cape Wrath to Fife Ness and including the Orkney, Shetland and Faeroe Islands
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtxHAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=4 February 2013
|year=1950|publisher=U.S. Govt. Print. Off.}}{{refend}}{{Commons cat|Inner Holm of Skaw}}{{Whalsay}}{{East Shetland}}{{Shetland-geo-stub}}

2 : Islets of Whalsay|Uninhabited islands of Shetland

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