Urie Lingey
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For other islands with similar names, see Linga (disambiguation)
Urie Lingey is one of the Shetland Islands
. It is between Fetlar
and Unst
, and Yell is to the west.
Daaey is to the south east, and Sound Gruney
to the west. Wedder Holm is to the north east.
Linga (disambiguation)
Linga may refer to:* Lingam, symbol of Shiva, which is used for worship* Linga, Victoria, a town in Australia* One of numerous Scottish islands - see List of islands called Linga* Linga P03 a ship in the Latvian Naval Forces...
Shetland Islands
Shetland is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies north and east of mainland Great Britain. The islands lie some to the northeast of Orkney and southeast of the Faroe Islands and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. The total...
. It is between Fetlar
Fetlar
Fetlar is one of the North Isles of Shetland, Scotland, with a population of 86 at the time of the 2001 census. Its main settlement is Houbie on the south coast, home to the Fetlar Interpretive Centre...
and Unst
Unst
Unst is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the third largest island in Shetland after the Mainland and Yell. It has an area of .Unst is largely grassland, with coastal cliffs...
, and Yell is to the west.
Geography
Urie Lingey is 1 km north of Urie Ness on Fetlar http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1800.html, whence the name. Lingey means a "heather island".Daaey is to the south east, and Sound Gruney
Sound Gruney
For other islands with similar names, see Gruney Sound Gruney is one of the Shetland islands. It lies about north of Hamars Ness on Fetlar, south of Unst, and to the east of Yell.-Geography:...
to the west. Wedder Holm is to the north east.