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Hamnavoe was introduced on the Pentland Firth lifeline ferry service between Scrabster in Caithness and Stromness in Orkney in 2003. The voyage takes approximately 90 minutes and is made up to six times a day. Overnight accommodation is available on board in Stromness for passengers travelling on the 6:30 a.m. sailing.
Map of ferry services in Scotland. NorthLink operates two passenger routes: Scrabster to Stromness, Orkney (90 minutes) Aberdeen to Lerwick, Shetland (12 hours 30 minutes northbound; 12 hours southbound). Some services also call at Kirkwall, Orkney, which increases the journey time by 2 hours.
The name "Stromness" comes from the Old Norse Straumnes. [1] Straumr refers to the strong tides that rip past the Point of Ness through Hoy Sound to the south of the town. Nes means "headland". Stromness thus means "headland protruding into the tidal stream". [3] [4] In Viking times the anchorage where Stromness now stands was called Hamnavoe. [5]
There is a ferry link to Scrabster in Caithness on the Scottish mainland as well as the Isle of Hoy. Finstown. Finstown is the third largest settlement, and used to be known as the "Toon o' Firth". The origin of its name is thought to be from an Irishman named David Phin who came to the area in 1811. It is on the direct Stromness to Kirkwall ...
The company is owned by the Orkney Islands Council and was established in 1960 as the Orkney Islands Shipping Company. [1]In 1991, the Orkney Islands Shipping Company acquired a private sector ferry company also called Orkney Ferries, which had been established to compete on the short sea crossing from the Scottish mainland to the Orkney Islands, but which had not succeeded in establishing the ...
From here, a ferry sails to Lyness on Hoy, Longhope on South Walls, and the island of Flotta, as well as a smaller ferry for workers of the Flotta oil terminal. Nearby are the remains of the Orphir Round Church , dedicated to St Nicholas (the only medieval round church in Scotland) and the Earl's Bu , the ruins of a former manor house of the ...
The Old Man stands close to Rackwick Bay on the west coast of Hoy, in Orkney, Scotland, and can be seen from the Scrabster to Stromness ferry. [1] From certain angles it is said to resemble a human figure. [2] Winds are faster than 8 metres per second (18 mph) for nearly a third of the time, and gales occur on average for 29 days a year.
The dramatic coastline of Hoy can be seen by visitors travelling to Orkney by ferry from the Scottish mainland. It has some of the highest sea cliffs in the UK at St John's Head, which reach 350 metres (1,150 ft). [1] The name Hoy comes from the Norse word Háey meaning "high island". [4]