Muckle Holm
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Muckle Holm is the name of a number of islands in Orkney and Shetland. It is an oxymoron
, since muckle means "big" and "holm
" refers to an islet.
Oxymoron
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms...
, since muckle means "big" and "holm
Holm (island)
This page is a set index; for other uses of the term, see Holm There are numerous islands containing the word Holm, especially in Scotland. In many cases the name is derived from the Old Norse holmr, meaning "a small and rounded islet"...
" refers to an islet.
Shetland
- Muckle Holm, Yell SoundMuckle Holm, Yell SoundMuckle Holm is a small island in Shetland. It is in Yell Sound, near the Northmavine. It is 23m at its highest point.There is a lighthouse, first lit in 1976.-References:...
, in Yell SoundYell SoundYell Sound is the strait running between Yell and Mainland, Shetland. It is the boundary between the Mainland and the North Isles and it contains many small islands. Sullom Voe, on the shores of which is a substantial oil terminal, is an arm of Yell Sound....
between Sandwick on Yell, and BurravoeBurravoeBurravoe, , is a community in the south-east part of Yell, on the north shore of Burra Voe, in the Shetland Islands.The most notable building is The Old Haa Museum which dates from 1672....
, Mainland