Rumble is a skerry 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

Huxter Huxter is a crofting township in southeastern Whalsay in the parish of Nesting in the Shetland islands of Scotland. It lies to the east of Symbister, just north of the Loch of Huxter. Huxter Fort Huxter Fort is an Iron Age fortification on ...

, southeastern Whalsay. It lies to southwest of

East Linga East Linga is one of the Shetland Islands. It lies between Whalsay (to the west), and Grif Skerry to the east. Geography and geology The bed rock is gneiss with granite veins. There are many skerries and rocks in the channel south of Whalsay a ...

. The main island, also known as Rumble Holm, is high. Nearby and to the north are the Flaeshans of Rumble, a series of small islets and stacks and Burlastack of Rumble lies to the east. On the northern side of the main island is an inlet, known as the Voe of Rumble.

Lobster Lobsters are a family (biology), family (Nephropidae, Synonym (taxonomy), synonym Homaridae) of marine crustaceans. They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. Three of their five pairs of legs ...

s and prawns are said to shelter here. It is also mentioned that a ship named ''Griften'' of unknown nationality was shipwrecked either here or on the

Holm of Sandwick The Holm of Sandwick is an islet, located roughly off Haa Ness and the southwestern side of Whalsay, in the Shetland Islands of Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the isl ...

in 1611.

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