Swona

Swona is an uninhabited privately owned island in the Pentland Firth off the north coast of Scotland. It has a herd of feral cattle resulting from the abandonment of stock in 1974.

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Scottish island.Image: Swona Wikipedia.JPG
Scottish island.ImageCaption: Swona, viewed from South Ronaldsay
Scottish island.location_map: Scotland Orkney
Scottish island.caption: Swona shown within Orkney
Scottish island.GridReference: ND387844
Scottish island.norse name: Svíney; Swefney
Scottish island.meaning of name: Sweyn's Island; Pig/whale island
Scottish island.area rank: 153
Scottish island.highest elevation: Warbister Hill
Scottish island.Population: 0
Scottish island.island group: Orkney
Scottish island.local authority

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Swona is an uninhabited privately owned island in the Pentland Firth off the north coast of Scotland. It has a herd of feral cattle resulting from the abandonment of stock in 1974.

==Geography and geology== left|thumb|Approaching the north head of Swona. Several houses can clearly be seen. Swona is the more northerly of two islands in the Pentland Firth between the Orkney Islands and Caithness on the Scottish mainland. It lies in the southern approach to Scapa Flow, west of South Ronaldsay.