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.
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Coordinates | 60.3868°N 0.9129°W / 60.3868; -0.9129 |
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Island group | Shetland |
Highest elevation | 32 feet (9.8 m)[1] |
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Scotland |
Council area | Shetland Islands |
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Population | 0 |
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A kayaker may find their way through the rocks between the islet and the headland of Skaw Taing on Whalsay.[2] Further out to sea there is another rocky islet, the Outer Holm of Skaw.[3] The islet has a ruined chapel.[4] In 1955 a pair of Sandwich terns nested on the islet.[5]
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