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Hoy (from Old Norse Háey, meaning "high island") [8] is an island in Orkney, Scotland, measuring 143 square kilometres (55 sq mi) – the second largest in the archipelago, after Mainland. A natural causeway, the Ayre , links the island to the smaller South Walls ; the two islands are treated as one entity by the UK census.
Hoy and West Mainland is a national scenic area (NSA) covering parts of the islands of Hoy and Mainland in the Orkney Islands of Scotland, as well as parts of the surrounding sea. [2] It is one of 40 such areas in Scotland, which are defined so as to identify areas of exceptional scenery and to ensure its protection by restricting certain forms ...
Hoy (Lake Constance), an uninhabited island in Lake Constance, Germany; Hoy, Orkney, an island in Orkney, Scotland Hoy (hamlet), a location on the Orkney island of the same name; Hoy, Shetland, a small island in the Shetland Islands, Scotland; Hoy Sound, north of the island of Hoy, Orkney; Hoy, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated ...
Hoy, Bu Of Hoy, Including Ancillary Buildings And Boundary Walls 58°55′23″N 3°19′41″W / 58.923129°N 3.328087°W / 58.923129; -3.328087 ( Hoy, Bu Of Hoy, Including Ancillary Buildings And Boundary
The Old Man of Hoy is a 449-foot (137-metre) sea stack on Hoy, part of the Orkney archipelago off the north coast of Scotland. Formed from Old Red Sandstone, it is one of the tallest stacks in the United Kingdom. The Old Man is popular with climbers, and was first climbed in 1966.
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 ...
Having been inhabited for nearly 8,500 years, Orkney contains many settlements, hamlet and villages. Brough of Birsay Cantick Head Lighthouse Deerness signpost Orkney Tourist Bus Gills Bay ferry and fishingboats Longhope Lifeboat, Hoy Kirkwall Airport lounge Lamb Holm, Italian Chapel Orphir, Viking ship Scapa Flow Museum Skara Brae Neolithic ...
Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland.The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, [1] [2] and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048.