Orkney Islands

Is a tracts of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water in the country of United Kingdom.

Its center lies at a latitude of 59 and longitude of -3and it has an elevation of 25 meters above sea level.

Orkney Islands also goes by the names, Orkney, Orkney Islands, Orkneys

The prodominant languages spoken are cy-GB (Welsh) en-boont (English) en-GB (English) en-GB-oed (English) en-scouse (English) fr-GB (Fren and its currency is the Pound (GBP), currently exchanging at 1 British Pound Sterling = 1.00000 British Pound Sterling 1 British Pound Sterling = 1.50457 United States Dollar .

Sunrise commences: 03:29 and sunset is at 20:48, not taking into account daylight saving time (DST).

Seat of a second-order administrative division :

• Kirkwall (2.91 km to travel)(8500)

Balfour Castle

image by grudzinsky

Cape : a land area, more prominent than a point, projecting into the sea and marking a notable change in coastal direction

• Yinstay Head (8.79 km to travel)
• Head of Work (5.73 km to travel)
• Weethick Head (7.64 km to travel)
• Ve Ness (8.82 km to travel)
• Toy Ness (11.43 km to travel)

Earl's Palace

image by AL1612

Bay : a coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

• Yinstay Bay (9.73 km to travel)
• Bay of Work (5.73 km to travel)
• Wood Wick (11.48 km to travel)
• Widewall Bay (20.38 km to travel)
• Wide Firth (3.83 km to travel)

Rousay - Nousty Sand

image by Mike Shields

Rock : a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass

• Skerry of Yinstay (8.79 km to travel)
• South Skerry (9.72 km to travel)
• Seal Skerry (21.29 km to travel)
• Seal Skerry (7.47 km to travel)
• Quoy (15.57 km to travel)

South Ronaldsay Cottage

image by AL1612

Sound : a long arm of the sea forming a channel between the mainland and an island or islands; or connecting two larger bodies of water

• Wyre Sound (12.97 km to travel)
• Water Sound (19.4 km to travel)
• Switha Sound (21.18 km to travel)
• Skerry Sound (13.83 km to travel)
• Shapinsay Sound (8.59 km to travel)

view from Rousay to SW

image by grudzinsky

Point : a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape

• Whiting Point (19.23 km to travel)
• Point of the Wart (15.1 km to travel)
• Ward Point (15.58 km to travel)
• Point of the Ward (17.64 km to travel)
• Point of Veniver (13.99 km to travel)

Kirkwall - St. Magnus Cathedral

image by Valerio Manassero

Rocks : conspicuous, isolated rocky masses

• West Skerries (4.17 km to travel)
• Skertours (8.34 km to travel)
• Oyster Skerries (13.65 km to travel)
• Lippa Rocks (19.71 km to travel)
• Skerries of Lakequoy (10.24 km to travel)

Kirkwall Harbour

image by AL1612

Estuary : a funnel-shaped stream mouth or embayment where fresh water mixes with sea water under tidal influences

• Westray Firth (22.74 km to travel)

Tingwall pier

image by grudzinsky

Current : a horizontal flow of water in a given direction with uniform velocity

• Weal Race (17.96 km to travel)
• Rull Röst (22.56 km to travel)
• Rullard Röst (22.56 km to travel)

South Ronaldsay Cottage

image by AL1612

Hill : a rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m

• Ward Hill (10.24 km to travel)

Albert Street

image by AL1612

Peninsula : an elongate area of land projecting into a body of water and nearly surrounded by water

• The Taing (12.97 km to travel)
• North Head (9.46 km to travel)
• Hen of Gairsay (9.7 km to travel)
• Calf of Cava (16.7 km to travel)

Strait : a relatively narrow waterway, usually narrower and less extensive than a sound, connecting two larger bodies of water

• The String (5.12 km to travel)

Shoal(s) : a surface-navigation hazard composed of unconsolidated material

• Scargun Shoal (2.08 km to travel)
• Broad Shoal (8.34 km to travel)

Reef(s) : a surface-navigation hazard composed of consolidated material

• Row Taing (19.14 km to travel)
• Point of the Graand (15.57 km to travel)
• The Lash (8.82 km to travel)
• Kirk Taing (17.97 km to travel)
• Heyspan (20.05 km to travel)

Ancient site : a place where archeological remains, old structures, or cultural artifacts are located

• Quanterness (0 km to travel)

Lagoon : a shallow coastal waterbody, completely or partly separated from a larger body of water by a barrier island, coral reef or other depositional feature

• The Ouse (9.44 km to travel)

Second-order administrative division : a subdivision of a first-order administrative division

• Orkney Islands (0 km to travel)

Islands : tracts of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water

Stream : a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land

• Burn of Ore (21.8 km to travel)
• Burn of Deepdale (9.7 km to travel)

Bank(s) : an elevation, typically located on a shelf, over which the depth of water is relatively shallow but sufficient for most surface navigation

• Mill Sand (11.05 km to travel)
• Sands of Evie (14.18 km to travel)

Lake : a large inland body of standing water

• Loch of Kirbister (7.33 km to travel)
• Galt Skerry (10.89 km to travel)

Channel : the deepest part of a stream, bay, lagoon, or strait, through which the main current flows

• Fall of Warness (19.7 km to travel)
• Burgar Röst (16.67 km to travel)

Hospital : a building in which sick or injured, especially those confined to bed, are medically treated

• Balfour Hospital (3.28 km to travel)

Airport : a place where aircraft regularly land and take off, with runways, navigational aids, and major facilities for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo

• Kirkwall Airport (7.19 km to travel)

Hotel : a building providing lodging and/or meals for the public

• Ayre Hotel (2.71 km to travel)

Church : a building for public Christian worship

• St. Magnus Cathedral (3.07 km to travel)

Monument : a commemorative structure or statue

• Maeshowe (10.83 km to travel)