Hunda

Hunda

Infobox Scottish island
latitude=58.85
longitude=-2.98
GridReference=ND437967
celtic name= Unknown
norse name= Hunðey
meaning of name= Old Norse meaning 'dog island'.
area=1 km²
area rank=147
highest elevation= 42 m
Population=0
population rank=
main settlement=
island group= Orkney
local authority=Orkney Islands
references=Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) "The Scottish Islands". Edinburgh. Canongate.] [ [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordnance Survey] ] [Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) "Orkneyinga Saga". Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). ISBN 0-901824-25-9]

Hunda is an uninhabited island in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is 1 square kilometre in extent and rises to 42 metres above sea level. It is situated in the Scapa Flow and connected to the nearby island of Burray by a causeway built in 1941, and thence to the Orkney Mainland via the Churchill Barriers. [Wenham, Sheena, "The South Isles" in Omand, Donald (ed.) (2003) "The Orkney Book". Edinburgh. Birlinn. Page 211.]

The name is derived from the Old Norse for 'dog island', although the reason for this is unknown. The island is rich in bird life, and contains a disused quarry. A small inlet in the northern cliffs is known as 'Sunless Geo'.

ee also

* List of Orkney islands

References


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