Linga, Muckle Roe

Infobox Scottish island |
latitude=60.36
longitude=-1.35
GridReference=HU354639
celtic name=
norse name= lyngey
meaning of name= "heather island"
area= 70 ha
area rank= 171
highest elevation= 69 m
Population=0
population rank=
main settlement=Roesound
island group=Shetland
local authority=Shetland Islands
references= [2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland] cite book| author=Haswell-Smith, Hamish| year=2004| title=The Scottish Islands| location=Edinburgh| publisher=Canongate| isbn=1841954543] cite map| url=http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/| title=Get-a-map| publisher=Ordnance Survey]

Linga is one of the Shetland Islands, near Muckle Roe. It is a small, uninhabited island 1 km east of Muckle Roe. The island is roughly circular in shape and its highest elevation is 69m. Its area is 70 hectares.

Geography and geology

Linga is almost completely round, with a central peak. It lies between the mouths of Olna Firth and Gon Firth on the west coast of the Shetland Mainland. [cite web| url=http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst1892.html| title=Overview of Linga| publisher=Gazeteer for Scotland| accessdate=2008-01-06] To the north is Delting on the Mainland, and the Mainland is also to the south and east. Papa Little is to the south west, and Mavis Grind to the north.

There is a subnmerged rock, known as Groin Baa to the north.

The island is composed of gneiss and schist, with some quartzite and pelite while its landscape is one of rough grass and heather.

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