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Linga Sound is the strait between the islands of Whalsay and West Linga in the Shetland islands of Scotland. The sound has a depth of 11 to 12 fathoms (66 to 72 ft; 20 to 22 m). The narrowest width is 900 feet (270 m) between the 6 fathoms (36 ft; 11 m) contours.The sound is the channel most often used by large vessels.The tidal stream running south through the sound starts about four and a half hours before high water at Lerwick, and the stream starts running north about two hours after high water at Lerwick. The maximum rate is 6 knots. The sound has several islets. The most notable is the Skate of Marrister. A lighthouse on Suther Ness below Brough stands at the northern entrance into Linga Sound.

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  • Linga Sound is the strait between the islands of Whalsay and West Linga in the Shetland islands of Scotland. The sound has a depth of 11 to 12 fathoms (66 to 72 ft; 20 to 22 m). The narrowest width is 900 feet (270 m) between the 6 fathoms (36 ft; 11 m) contours.The sound is the channel most often used by large vessels.The tidal stream running south through the sound starts about four and a half hours before high water at Lerwick, and the stream starts running north about two hours after high water at Lerwick. The maximum rate is 6 knots. The sound has several islets. The most notable is the Skate of Marrister. A lighthouse on Suther Ness below Brough stands at the northern entrance into Linga Sound. * Looking SSW across the Bight of Cudda on the west of the sound towards the Head of Berg on West Linga (en)
  • Linga Sound är ett sund i Storbritannien. Det ligger i rådsområdet Shetlandsöarna och riksdelen Skottland, i den norra delen av landet, 1 000 km norr om huvudstaden London. Klimatet i området är tempererat. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är 5 °C. Den varmaste månaden är augusti, då medeltemperaturen är 10 °C, och den kallaste är februari, med 1 °C. (sv)
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  • Location of Linga Sound (en)
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  • Linga Sound är ett sund i Storbritannien. Det ligger i rådsområdet Shetlandsöarna och riksdelen Skottland, i den norra delen av landet, 1 000 km norr om huvudstaden London. Klimatet i området är tempererat. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är 5 °C. Den varmaste månaden är augusti, då medeltemperaturen är 10 °C, och den kallaste är februari, med 1 °C. (sv)
  • Linga Sound is the strait between the islands of Whalsay and West Linga in the Shetland islands of Scotland. The sound has a depth of 11 to 12 fathoms (66 to 72 ft; 20 to 22 m). The narrowest width is 900 feet (270 m) between the 6 fathoms (36 ft; 11 m) contours.The sound is the channel most often used by large vessels.The tidal stream running south through the sound starts about four and a half hours before high water at Lerwick, and the stream starts running north about two hours after high water at Lerwick. The maximum rate is 6 knots. The sound has several islets. The most notable is the Skate of Marrister. A lighthouse on Suther Ness below Brough stands at the northern entrance into Linga Sound. (en)
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  • Linga Sound, Shetland (en)
  • Linga Sound (sund i Storbritannien, Shetlandsöarna) (sv)
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