Linga Holm

{{Short description|Uninhabited Scottish island}}

{{About|an island in Orkney, Scotland|other uses|List of islands called Linga}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox Scottish island

|Image=Linga Holm, looking over Eday, Spurness and Linga Sounds - geograph.org.uk - 253370.jpg

|ImageCaption= The view north from Linga Holm, towards Sanday

|location_map=Scotland Orkney

|GridReference=HY615275

|coordinates = {{coord|59.13|-2.67|display=inline}}

|caption= Linga Holm shown within Orkney

|celtic name=

|norse name=Linga Holm from Lyngholm

|meaning of name=

|area= {{convert|57|ha|sqmi|2}}

|area rank= 187

|highest elevation= {{convert|10|m|ft|0}}

|Population=0

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|island group=Orkney

|local authority=Orkney Islands

|references=2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland{{Haswell-Smith}}[http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordnance Survey]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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Linga Holm, commonly known as Linga, Midgarth and the Holm of Midgarth is an uninhabited Scottish island extending to approximately {{convert|57|ha|sqmi|2}} situated {{convert|700|m|yards}} west of Stronsay island in the Orkney archipelago.John Maurius Wilson, The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland: Or, Dictionary of Scottish Topography, 1854 The name "Linga Holm" is derived from the Old Norse Lyngholm.