Inner Holm

Small inhabited tidal island in Stromness harbour and one of the Orkney islands of Scotland

Not to be confused with Inner Holm of Skaw.

Inner HolmOld Norse name| Unknown

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Meaning of name| inner rounded islet

Inner Holm from MV Hamnavoe
Location

Inner Holm

Inner Holm shown within Orkney

OS grid reference| HY259087
Coordinates| 58°57′36″N 3°17′20″W﻿ / ﻿58.96°N 3.289°W﻿ / 58.96; -3.289
Physical geography
Island group| Orkney
Area| c. 2 hectares (4.9 acres)
Highest elevation| 16 m (52 ft)
Administration
Council area| Orkney Islands
Country| Scotland
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Demographics
Population| 1[1]
Population rank| 89= [2]
References| [3]

Inner Holm is a small inhabited island in Stromness harbour and one of the Orkney islands of Scotland.

It is about 350 metres (1,150 ft) east of the harbour front of Stromness but it is connected to the Orkney Mainland shore at low tide on the opposite side of the bay. The larger islet of Outer Holm, to which Inner Holm is also connected at low tide, lies to the south.[3] The waters of Cairston Roads, part of Scapa Flow, lie to the east.

Although not recorded as permanently inhabited in 2001[4] according to the 2011 census there was a single inhabitant both at that time and in 2001 when the total for the islet was included with that of Orkney itself.[1] There built structures are at the north end and a stony causeway allows for vehicular access at low tides.[3] A small wind turbine has been erected on the west coast.

The SS Gnome ran aground on 23 January 1857 while entering Stromness harbour "on the Holme side". It is thought she was successfully recovered from a position between the Inner and Outer Holm.[5]

## Notes

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1. ^ a b National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
2. ^ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
3. ^ a b c Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
4. ^ General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Scotland's Census 2001 - Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
5. ^ "Gnome, Stromness Harbour Entrance". CANMORE. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

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Inner Holm from Stromness harbour at mid-tide

58°57′34″N 3°17′21″W﻿ / ﻿58.95944°N 3.28917°W﻿ / 58.95944; -3.28917

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Orkney

List of Orkney islands

Inhabited islands|

* Mainland
* Auskerry
* Burray
* Eday
* Egilsay
* Flotta
* Gairsay
* Graemsay
* Holm of Grimbister
* Hoy
* Inner Holm
* North Ronaldsay
* Papa Stronsay
* Papa Westray
* Rousay
* Sanday
* Shapinsay
* South Ronaldsay
* South Walls
* Stronsay
* Westray
* Wyre

Other islands|

* Eynhallow
* Helliar Holm
* Lamb Holm
* Switha
* Swona
* North West islands
* North East islands
* South West islands
* South East islands

Towns|

* Kirkwall
* Stromness

Mainland parishes|

* Birsay
* Deerness
* Evie
* Firth
* Harray
* Holm
* Orphir
* Rendall
* St Andrews
* St Ola
* Sandwick
* Stenness
* Stromness

Topics|

* Geology
* Prehistory
* History
* Scapa Flow
* Witchcraft

Politics|

* Earls of Orkney
* Orkney Islands Council
* Flag of Orkney
* Orkney (Scottish Parliament constituency)
* Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)
* Orcadian Women's Suffrage Society

Sport|

* Kirkwall Ba game
* Orkney Amateur Football Association
* Orkney F.C.
* Orkney representative football team

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Geography

| Northern Isles|

* Shetland
* list
* Orkney
* list

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Hebrides|

* Outer Hebrides
* list
* Inner Hebrides
* list
* St Kilda

Other|

* Islands of the Clyde
* Islands of the Forth
* Freshwater Islands
* Outlying Islands
* Sea Stacks

Prehistory

| Prehistoric Orkney|

* Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site:
* Maeshowe
* Ness of Brodgar
* Ring of Brodgar
* Skara Brae
* Standing Stones of Stenness

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Prehistoric Shetland|

* Zenith of Iron Age Shetland:
* Broch of Mousa
* Jarlshof
* Old Scatness

Prehistoric Western Isles|

* Callanish Stones
* Dun Carloway
* Rubha an Dùnain
* Dun Nosebridge

History

| Dál Riata|

* Columba
* Hinba

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Kingdom of the Isles|

* Scandinavian Scotland
* Rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles
* Bishop of the Isles

Lordship of the Isles|

* Treaty of Perth
* Treaty of Ardtornish-Westminster
* Finlaggan

Earldom of Orkney|

* Buckquoy spindle-whorl
* Udal law

18th and 19th Century|

* Clearances
* Jacobite risings
* Flora MacDonald

Literature|

* Orkneyinga Saga
* Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (Monro)
* A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (Martin)
* A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (Johnson)
* The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (Boswell)

Etymology

| General|

* Scottish island names
* Northern Isles
* Hebrides
* Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba

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Specific|

* Arran
* Gigha
* Islay
* Skye
* St Kilda

Economy

| Towns|

* Kirkwall
* Lerwick
* Rothesay
* Stornoway
* Stromness

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Agencies|

* Community Energy Scotland
* Crofters Commission
* Highlands and Islands Enterprise
* Scottish Islands Federation

Oil industry|

* Flotta
* Sullom Voe

Culture

| Shetland|

* Aly Bain
* Thomas Fraser
* Peerie Willie Johnson
* Shetland Amenity Trust
* Up Helly Aa
* Vagaland

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Orkney|

* George Mackay Brown
* Peter Maxwell Davies
* F. Marian McNeill
* Kirkwall Ba game
* Orkney Heritage Society
* St Magnus Festival

Outer Hebrides|

* Compton Mackenzie
* Fèis Bharraigh
* Free Church of Scotland
* Iain Crichton Smith

Inner Hebrides|

* Islay whisky
* Runrig
* Sorley MacLean
* West Highland Free Press

Politics

| Local authorities|

* Shetland Islands Council
* Orkney Islands Council
* Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
* Highland Council
* Argyll and Bute
* North Ayrshire

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Wildlife

| Fauna|

* Fair Isle wren
* Orkney vole
* Shetland wren
* St Kilda field mouse
* St Kilda wren

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Flora|

* Arran whitebeams
* Scottish Primrose
* Shetland Mouse-ear

Domesticated animals|

* Cairn Terrier
* Eriskay Pony
* Hebridean Blackface
* Luing cattle
* North Ronaldsay sheep
* Scottie
* Sheltie
* Shetland cattle
* Shetland Goose
* Shetland pony
* Shetland sheep
* Soay sheep
* Westie

Geology

| Shetland|

* Geopark Shetland

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Geology of Orkney|

* Eday Group
* Orcadian Basin
* Yesnaby Sandstone Group

Hebrides|

* Colonsay Group
* Great Estuarine Group
* Hebridean Terrane
* Lewisian complex
* Lorne plateau lavas
* Moine Supergroup
* Moine Thrust Belt
* Mull
* Rhinns complex
* Skye
* Staffa
* Torridonian

Islands of the Clyde|

* Highland Boundary Fault

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