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{{Infobox islands
| name                              = Little Roe
| native_name                       = Rauðey Litla
| native_name_link                  = Old Norse
| native_name_lang                  = non
| image_name                        = Little Roe - geograph.org.uk - 1519945.jpg
| pushpin_map                       = Scotland Shetland
| pushpin_relief                    = Y
| coordinates                       = {{coord|60.4982|-1.2682|display=inline,title|region:GB-ZET_type:isle}}
| etymology                         = Norse origin, meaning "small red island"
| location                          = Yell Sound, Shetland Islands
| waterbody                         = 
| country                           = Scotland
| country_admin_divisions_title     = 
| country_admin_divisions           = 
| population                        = 0
| languages                         = 
}}


'''Little Roe''' is an island in [[Yell Sound]] in the [[Shetland Islands]]

==History==
The island's name is [[Old Norse|Norse]] in origin, from {{lang|non|Rauðey Litla}}, meaning "small red island" in contradistinction to [[Muckle Roe]], which is ''not'' nearby, but in [[St Magnus Bay]].

In 1841, eleven people lived here, all in the same house.<ref name=Smith>Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) ''The Scottish Islands''. Edinburgh. Canongate.</ref>

A light beacon has been built on the island.

==Geography and geology==
The island's name derives from its red [[granite]]. It is due east of the [[Northmavine]] at the entrance to [[Sullom Voe]].<ref>[http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featuremap1814.html Gazetteer for Scotland at the University of Edinburgh: Map of Lamba]</ref>
[[Lamba (island)|Lamba]] is due north, and [[Uynarey]], [[Brother Isle]] and [[Bigga, Shetland|Bigga]] between it and [[Yell, Shetland|Yell]]

==Wildlife==
[[Otter]]s occasionally visit here, and [[puffin]]s and [[storm petrel]]s also nest here.

==See also==
{{Portal|Scottish islands}}
* [[List of islands of Scotland]]

==References==
<references/>
{{Commons category|Little Roe}}
{{Yell Sound}}

[[Category:Uninhabited islands of Shetland]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Scotland]]


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