Isbister Holm
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Isbister Holm is a small islet in the
Shetland Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the no ...
islands of Scotland, situated roughly east off the coast of Isbister, Whalsay. The highest point of the islet is about and it measures roughly by . To the north are the islets of Mooa and Nista. On 12 November 1778 '' Jufron Ingester'' was shipwrecked, probably on the holm, the precise location not being certain. It was carrying some 260 tons of skins, tallow and coarse hose from Ireland to Copenhagen. One crew member died and the cargo was not salvaged.


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Islets of Whalsay Uninhabited islands of Shetland {{Shetland-geo-stub