Little Holm, Yell Sound

Little Holm Lighthouse
Little Holm lighthouse, one of the many beacons in Yell Sound
Shetland
Location Little Holm
Yell Sound
Shetland
Scotland
United Kingdom
Coordinates 60°33′25″N 1°15′52″W / 60.557051°N 1.264523°W / 60.557051; -1.264523Coordinates: 60°33′25″N 1°15′52″W / 60.557051°N 1.264523°W / 60.557051; -1.264523
Year first constructed 1976
Automated 1975
Foundation concrete base
Construction metal skeletal tower
Tower shape quadrangular tower covered by aluminium panels with light on the top
Markings / pattern white tower
Height 7 metres (23 ft)
Focal height 12 metres (39 ft)
Light source solar power
Characteristic Iso W 4s.
Admiralty number A3819
NGA number 3456
ARLHS number SCO-124
Managing agent Northern Lighthouse Board[1]

Little Holm is a small island in Yell Sound, in Shetland. It lies between Northmavine and the Isle of Yell.

There is a lighthouse here.

In 1983, the Royal Navy cleared ordnance from the area, and their bomb disposal team discovered an unrecorded shipwreck nearby. Its identity is still unknown.[2][3]

See also


References

  1. Little Holm The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 30 May 2016
  2. Shetlopedia: Unidentified Shipwrecks
  3. Shetlopedia: Little Holm (Yell Sound)


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