Rysa Little

Infobox Scottish island
latitude=58.86
longitude=-3.20
GridReference=ND310976
celtic name=
norse name=
meaning of name= Old Norse and English meaning 'little heap of stones'.
area=32 ha
area rank=
highest elevation= 20 m
Population=0
population rank=
main settlement=
island group= Orkney
local authority=Orkney Islands
references=Haswell-Smith] [ [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordnance Survey] ]

Rysa Little is an uninhabited island in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is approximately 32 hectares in extent and rises to 20 metres (66 feet) above sea level.

It is situated in the Scapa Flow just offshore from the much larger island of Hoy and nearby is the islet of Cava. Between Rysa Little and Fara lies Gutter Sound, the scene of the mass-scuttling of the interned German Imperial High Seas Fleet in 1919.

Many of the smaller South Isles of Orkney lost their resident populations during the course of the twentieth century, but Rysa Little has not been inhabited since earlier times. [Wenham, Sheena, "The South Isles" in Omand, Donald (ed.) (2003) "The Orkney Book". Edinburgh, Birlinn. Page 208.]

ee also

List of Orkney islands

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