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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.
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 ...
Map of places in Orkney compiled from this list See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties. Orkney is an archipelago located in the Northern Isles of Scotland. Having been inhabited for nearly 8,500 years, Orkney contains many settlements, hamlet and villages.
At 14,318 ha (35,380 acres) in extent, Hoy is the 12th largest of Scotland's islands. It is also the "highest and wildest and wettest (1,500 mm (59 in) of rain) of all the Orkney islands". [1] The Old Man of Hoy, a sea stack formed from Old Red Sandstone, can be found in the northwest on the Rackwick coast. It is one of the tallest stacks in ...
There are the remains of a large stone wall (the "Great Wall of Brodgar") that may have been 100 metres (330 ft) long and 6 metres (20 ft) or more wide. It appears to traverse the entire peninsula where the site is located, and may have been a symbolic barrier between the ritual landscape of the Ring and the mundane world around it. [41] [42]
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 20:21, 26 September 2010: 1,110 × 1,424 (2.02 MB): Nilfanion {{Information |Description=Blank map of the Orkney Islands (excluding Sule Stack and Sule Skerry), UK with the following information shown: *Administrative borders *Coastline, lakes and rivers *Roads
5.1 Location map templates. 5.2 Creating new map definitions. Toggle the table of contents. Module: Location map/data/Scotland Orkney. 5 languages.