Evening view west from the Ness of Westshore - geograph

Langa (

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...

: ''Langey'' ) is the collective name for two uninhabited islands off

Hildasay Hildasay (; ) (from the Old Norse masculine name ''Hildir'' with ''ey'' "island"), also known as Hildisay, is an uninhabited island off the west coast of the Shetland Mainland. Geography and geology Hildasay has an area of , and is in ele ...

, in Shetland, Scotland. The islands are connected by a

tombolo A tombolo is a sandy or shingle isthmus. It is a deposition landform by which an island becomes attached to the mainland by a narrow piece of land such as a spit or bar. Once attached, the island is then known as a tied island. The word ''t ...

and are separated at high tide. It is not to be confused with the numerous islands called "Linga" in Shetland (- for which see

Linga (disambiguation) A linga, or lingam, is a symbol of the Hindu deity Shiva. Linga may also refer to: People * Praveen Linga (born 1979), Indian chemical engineer Places * Linga, Victoria, Australia * Linga, Madhya Pradesh, India * List of islands called Ling ...

or Lunga).

History

The name probably derives from ''langey'',

for "long island". The island was a separate croft during the 19th century. It had a recorded population of nine in 1841, and 13 in 1881, but was deserted in the 1890s.

References

Uninhabited islands of Shetland {{Shetland-geo-stub