Switha
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| Switha | |
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| Location | |
 Switha
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| Switha shown within Orkney | |
| OS grid reference | ND365905 |
| Area and summit | |
| Area | 41 hectares (0.16 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 216= |
| Highest elevation | 28 metres (92 ft) |
| Population | |
| Population | 0 |
| Groupings | |
| Island group | Orkney |
| Local Authority | Orkney Islands |
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| References | [1][2][3] |
| If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. Population data is from 2001 census. | |
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 it 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.
[edit] References
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1841954543.
- ^ Ordnance Survey
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Coordinates: 58°47′50″N 3°06′02″W / 58.79734°N 3.10054°W
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