West Linga is an uninhabited island located between Mainland and Whalsay in Shetland, Scotland.
West Linga is a long narrow island covered in rough heath.
It is separated from Whalsay by Linga Sound, and Lunning on Mainland, Shetland to the west.
Wether Holm is separated by a 3 metres (10 ft) deep channel at the north end.
[4] West Linga appears to have been inhabited intermittently until the late 18th century.