Switha

Switha

Infobox Scottish island


latitude=58.798
longitude=-3.098
GridReference=ND365905
celtic name=
norse name=
meaning of name=
area=41 ha
area rank=207=
highest elevation= 28 m
Population=0
population rank=
main settlement=
island group=Orkney
local authority=Orkney Islands
references= [2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland] Haswell-Smith] [ [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordnance Survey] ]

Switha is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, south of Flotta, used for grazing sheep. There is no written record of the island ever being inhabited, but Neolithic standing stones and a cairn show that was at least visited in prehistoric times.

Switha has many storm-petrel burrows and is the winter home to a large colony of barnacle geese.


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