List of Orkney Islands - Smaller Islets and Skerries

Smaller Islets and Skerries

This is a continuing list of uninhabited smaller Orkney islands (many of which are called "Holm" from the Old Norse holmr, meaning a small and rounded islet), tidal islets only separated at higher stages of the tide, or skerries which are only exposed at lower stages of the tide.

In the vicinity of:

• Auskerry: Lunga Skerries, Oessen Skerry, The Clett.
• Calf of Eday: Lashy Skerries, The Bow.
• Cava: Barrel of Butter.
• Copinsay: Black Holm, Corn Holm, Horse of Copinsay, Scarf Skerry, Sow Skerry, Ward Holm.
• Eday: Green Holm, Red Holm, Rusk Holm.
• Egilsay: Holm of Scockness, Kili Holm.
• Eynhallow: Sheep Skerry.
• Flotta: Calf of Flotta.
• Gairsay: Holm of Boray, Holm of Rendall, Little Seal Skerry, Skertours, Sweyn Holm, Taing Skerry.
• Glims Holm: Dulse Skerry, Glimpsholm Skerry.
• Graemsay: Middle Skerry, Skerry of Cletts, Sour Skerry, Sow Skerry.
• Hoy: Grassy Cletts, Inner Skerry, Middle Skerry, Old Man of Hoy, Outer Skerry, The Needle.
• Mainland: Bo Skerry, Bow Skerries, Braga, Brough of Bigging, Holm of Houton, Holm of Grimbister, Holm of Rendall, Iceland Skerry, Inner Holm, Kirk Rocks, Little Skerry, Mirkady Point, Nevi Skerry, Outer Holm, Oyster Skerries, Puldrite Skerry, Quanterness Skerry, Scare Gun, Seal Skerry, Skaill Skerries, Skerries of Clestrain, Skerries of Coubister, Skerries of Lakequoy, Skerry of Work, Skerry of Yinstay, Smoogro Skerry, Thieves Holm, Whyabatten, Yesnaby Castle.
• Muckle Skerry: Clettack Skerry, Little Skerry, Louther Skerry.
• North Ronaldsay: Altars of Linnay, Green Skerry, Hoe Skerries, Reefdyke, Seal Skerry.
• Papa Stronsay: Jack's Hole, Jack's Reef.
• Papa Westray: Cairn Head, Muckle Quoy.
• Rousay: Little Brig, Muckle Brig.
• Sanday: Baa Gruna, Start Point.
• Shapinsay: Broad Shoal, Grass Holm, Helliar Holm, Skerry of Vasa.
• Stronsay: Holm of Huip, Holms of Spurness, Ingale Skerry, Little Linga, The Bow.
• Swona: Selki Skerry, South Clett, The Tails of the Tarff, West Wini Skerry.
• Westray: Holm of Aikerness, Holm of Faray, Shell Holm, Skea Skerries, Wart Holm.
• Wyre: Wyre Skerries.

The remote islets of Sule Skerry and Sule Stack, which lie 37 miles (60 km) west of the archipelago form part of Orkney for local government purposes.