Muckle Holm (other)

	Muckle Holm (other) 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. Orkney * Muckle Green Holm Shetland * Muckle Holm, Yell Sound, in Yell Sound between Sandwick on Yell, and Burravoe, Mainland See also * Muckle Skerry Muckle Skerry is the largest of the Pentland Skerries that lie off the north coast of Scotland. It is home to the Pentland Skerries Lighthouse. Muckle Skerry lies in the Pentland Firth at . It is the westernmost of the skerries. At long an ... * Stoura Stack * Muckle Ossa {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Oxymoron An oxymoron (usual plural oxymorons, more rarely oxymora) is a figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposing meanings within a word or phrase that creates an ostensible self-contradiction. An oxymoron can be used as a rhetorical device to illustrate a rhetorical point or to reveal a paradox. A more general meaning of "contradiction in terms" (not necessarily for rhetoric effect) is recorded by the ''OED'' for 1902. The term is first recorded as Latinized Greek ', in Maurus Servius Honoratus (c. AD 400); it is derived from the Greek word ' "sharp, keen, pointed" Retrieved 2013-02-26. and "dull, stupid, foolish"; as it were, "sharp-dull", "keenly stupid", or "pointedly foolish".. Retrieved 2013-02-26. "Pointedly foolish: a witty saying, the more pointed from being paradoxical or seemingly absurd." The word ''oxymoron'' is autological, i.e. it is itself an example of an oxymoron. The Greek compound word ', which would correspond to the Latin formation, does not seem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Holm (island) There are numerous islands containing the word ''holm'', mainly in northern Europe. In many cases the name is derived from the Old Norse ''holmr'', meaning "a small and rounded islet". These include: Denmark * Bornholm * Munkholm * Slotsholmen Germany * Dänholm * Holm in Flensburg * Holm in Schleswig Greenland * Holm Ø Ireland * Holmpatrick (the original name for the town of Skerries, and one of its islands, in North Dublin) Sweden Stockholm (originally the islet Helgeandsholmen in central Stockholm) Djursholm (suburb of Stockholm) * Tureholm There are hundreds of islets in the Stockholm archipelago containing the word "holm" United Kingdom England Holm Island in the River Thames Steep Holm in the Bristol Channel Northern Ireland Ballynahinch, County Down () Orkney, Scotland Glimps Holm Helliar Holm Holm of Papa Lamb Holm Linga Holm Muckle Green Holm In the vicinity of Copinsay: Black Holm Corn Holm In the vicinity of Eday: *Rusk Holm In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Muckle Green Holm Muckle Green Holm is an uninhabited island in the North Isles of the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is roughly in extent and rises to above sea level, the summit having a triangulation pillar. Name 'Muckle' is Scots for 'big' or 'large'; 'holm' is from the Old Norse ''holmr'', a small and rounded islet. Geography To the south lies Little Green Holm, and between the two is the Sound of Green Holms. Eastward is a strait called Fall of Warness between Muckle Green Holm and the much larger island of Eday. Muckle Green Holm has a great cormorant colony and a population of European otters. Tidal power The Fall of Warness has strong tidal currents suitable for tidal power. Starting in 2007, the European Marine Energy Centre installed tidal power testing equipment. In 2021, Orbital Marine Power installed a tidal turbine called Orbital O2 that supplies 2MW to the electrical grid. See also List of Orkney islands This is a list of Orkney islands in Scotland. The Orkney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Muckle Holm, Yell Sound Muckle Holm is a small island in Shetland. It is in Yell Sound, near the Northmavine. It is at its highest point. There is a lighthouse, first lit in 1976. See also * List of lighthouses in Scotland * List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses This is a list of the currently operational lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB). The list is divided by geographical location, and then by whether the lighthouses are classed by the NLB as a 'major lighthouse' or a 'minor light'. F ... References External links Northern Lighthouse Board Close-up of Muckle Holm Lighthouse Uninhabited islands of Shetland Lighthouses in Shetland {{UK-lighthouse-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Muckle Skerry Muckle Skerry is the largest of the Pentland Skerries that lie off the north coast of Scotland. It is home to the Pentland Skerries Lighthouse. Muckle Skerry lies in the Pentland Firth at . It is the westernmost of the skerries. At long and rising to an elevation of above sea level, it is sizable enough to be considered an island. However the notoriously bad weather of the firth has historically rendered Muckle Skerry uninhabitable and as such it is more often thought of as a skerry. Pentland Skerries Lighthouse Pentland Skerries Lighthouse was constructed in 1794 by the Commissioners of the Northern Lights. The engineers were Thomas Smith and his stepson Robert Stevenson (this was the first light that Stevenson officially worked on). See also * List of lighthouses in Scotland * List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses This is a list of the currently operational lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB). The list is divided by geographical location, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]