Huney

Infobox Scottish island


latitude=60.74
longitude=-0.81
GridReference=HP648063
celtic name=
norse name=
meaning of name=
area= 20 ha (50 acres)
area rank=
highest elevation= 19 m
Population=0
population rank=
main settlement=
island group=Shetland
local authority=Shetland Islands
references= [2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland] Haswell-Smith] cite map| url=http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/| title=Get-a-map| publisher=Ordnance Survey]

Huney is an uninhabited island due east of the island of Unst in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The island is located approximately 1 kilometre south west of the Balta and has an area of just 0.2 km² (0.08 square miles or about fifty acres). Huney is linked to Unst at an extremely low tide by an a sandy tombolo called the Yei of Huney. It is uninhabited.

The World War I British E class submarine E49 was sunk in the channel between Huney and Balta with the loss of all hands March 12, 1917. The submarine was heading out of Balta Sound on patrol when it struck a Naval mine lain by German U-boat UC-76. The wreck is now a designated war grave.

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