Oxna
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| Oxna | |
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| Location | |
  Oxna
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| Oxna shown within Scotland. | |
| OS grid reference: | HU350372 |
| Names | |
| Gaelic name: | |
| Norse name: | yxn-øy |
| Meaning of name: | "ox island" |
| Area and Summit | |
| Area: | 68 ha |
| Area rank (Scottish islands): | 173 |
| Highest elevation: | 38 m |
| Population | |
| Population (2001): | 0
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| Groupings | |
| Island Group: | Shetland |
| Local Authority: | Shetland Islands |
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| References: | [1][2][3][4] |
Oxna is one of the Scalloway Islands, lying north west of Burra in Shetland, Scotland. Oxna has an area of 68 ha (168 acres).
The island has been uninhabited since World War I, but there is a house which is still used as a holiday home..
Papa island lies a few hundred metres to the east of Oxna's north coast.
[edit] References
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1-84195-454-3.
- ^ Ordnance Survey. Get-a-map [map].
- ^ 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
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