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Orkney islands map This is a list of Orkney islands in Scotland. The Orkney archipelago is located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north of mainland Scotland and comprises over 70 islands and skerries, of which 20 are permanently inhabited. In addition to the Orkney Mainland there are three groups of islands. The North and South Isles lie respectively north and south of Mainland. The Pentland Skerries ...
Orkney (/ ˈ ɔːr k n i /), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago off the north coast of mainland Scotland. The plural name the Orkneys is also sometimes used. Part of the Northern Isles along with Shetland , Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north of Caithness and has about 70 islands, of which 20 are inhabited.
The other islands in the Orkney Islands are generally classified as north or south of the Mainland. The exceptions are the remote islets of Sule Skerry and Sule Stack , which lie 37 miles (60 km) west of the archipelago, but form part of Orkney for local government purposes.
This article is a list of some of the islands that form the British Isles that have an area of 1 square kilometre (247 acres) or larger, listing area and population data. The total area of the islands is 314,965 km 2 (121,609 sq mi). [1]
Total population; 21,349 currently resident population of Orkney: ... Orcadians, also known as Orkneymen, [2] are an ethnic group native to the Orkney Islands, ...
A bridged tidal island adjoining Grimsay, it has numerous dwellings. 21 Contin Island (F) Highland: A bridged river island with a church and a manse. 22 Eilean Aigas (F) Highland: A bridged river island with a substantial mansion. 23 Rubh'a Chruidh (off Kerrera) Argyll and Bute: A tidal island with a large house. [Note 3]
Some of the biggest football teams that compete at the Island Games could miss out on Orkney 2025 due to a cut in numbers.
This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population, which includes all islands with more than 100,000 people. For comparison, continental landmasses are also shown, in italics. The population of the world's islands is over 730 million, approximately 9% of the world's total population.