Glimps Holm

Glimps Holm or Glims Holm is a small uninhabited islet in Orkney, Scotland. It lies in Holm Sound, one of the eastern entrances to Scapa Flow, between Mainland Orkney and the island of Burray.^[5] Nearby is Lamb Holm. The two are linked by Churchill Barrier No. 2, one of a series of causeways built during World War II to protect Scapa Flow from U-boats. Barrier No. 3 links Glimps Holm to Burray.

Footnotes

↑Area and population ranks: there are c.300 islands over 20ha in extent. 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census and 101 such islands in 2022.
↑2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
↑Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
↑"Ordnance Survey". Archived from the original on 16 October 2003. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
↑"Glimps Holm". Gazetteer for Scotland. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2009.

58°52′30″N2°55′12″W / 58.87500°N 2.92000°W / 58.87500; -2.92000

[RankNote-1] Area and population ranks: there are c.300 islands over 20ha in extent. 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census and 101 such islands in 2022.

[2] 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland

[Smith-3] Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.

[4] "Ordnance Survey". Archived from the original on 16 October 2003. Retrieved 4 October 2008.

[5] "Glimps Holm". Gazetteer for Scotland. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2009.

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