Oxna

{{Short description|One of the Scalloway Islands in Shetland, Scotland}}

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

{{Infobox Scottish island

|Image=Ruins and landing place in Sandy Voe on Oxna - geograph.org.uk - 3595968.jpg

|ImageCaption=View east towards Papa from Oxna

|location_map=Scotland Shetland

|coordinates = {{coord|60.12|-1.37|display=inline}}

|caption= Oxna shown within Shetland

|GridReference=HU350372

|celtic name=

|norse name= yxn-øy

|meaning of name= "ox island"

|area=68 ha

|area rank= 177

|highest elevation= 38 m

|Population=0

|population rank=

|main settlement=

|island group=Shetland

|local authority=Shetland Islands

|references={{NRS1C}}{{Haswell-Smith}}{{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}}

}}

Oxna is one of the Scalloway Islands, lying north west of Burra in Shetland, Scotland. Oxna has an area of {{convert|68|ha}}.

The island has been uninhabited since the First World War, 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.

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Category:Uninhabited islands of Shetland

Category:Former populated places in Scotland

Category:Scalloway Islands

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