en.unionpedia.org

List of places in Orkney, the Glossary

Orkney is an archipelago located in the Northern Isles of Scotland.^[1]

81 relations: Abune-the-hill, Backaland, Balfour, Orkney, Bimbister, Birsay, Braeswick, Brims, Orkney, Brinian, Brough of Birsay, Broughtown, Burray, Burwick, Orkney, Cantick Head Lighthouse, Deerness, Dounby, Eday, Edmonstone, Egilsay, Evie, Orkney, Finstown, Firth, Orkney, Flotta, Gills Bay, Graemsay, Grim Ness, Hamlet (place), Harray, Herston, Orkney, Holm, Orkney, Houton, Hoxa, Orkney, Hoy, Orkney, Kettletoft, Kirkwall, Lamb Holm, Liddle Burnt Mound, List of islands of Scotland, List of Orkney islands, List of places in Scotland, Longhope, Orkney, Lyness, Maeshowe, Mainland, Orkney, Marwick, North Ronaldsay, Northern Isles, Orkney, Orphir, Papa Westray, Papley, ... Expand index (31 more) »
Lists of places in Scotland
Orkney-related lists
Tourist attractions in Orkney
Towns in Orkney
Villages in Orkney

Abune-the-hill

Abune-the-Hill is a place in the North of the Orkney Mainland (59.13° N 03.25° W HY2828) and just to the West of the Loch of Swannay.

See List of places in Orkney and Abune-the-hill

Backaland

Backaland is a settlement on the island of Eday in Orkney, Scotland. List of places in Orkney and Backaland are villages in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Backaland

Balfour, Orkney

Balfour is a village on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney. List of places in Orkney and Balfour, Orkney are villages in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Balfour, Orkney

Bimbister

Bimbister is a village on the Orkney Islands, Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Bimbister

Birsay

Birsay (Old Norse: Birgisherað) is a parish in the north west corner of The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Birsay

Braeswick

Braeswick is a settlement on the island of Sanday, in Orkney, Scotland. List of places in Orkney and Braeswick are villages in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Braeswick

Brims, Orkney

Brims is a village at the southern point of the island of Hoy, in Orkney, Scotland. List of places in Orkney and Brims, Orkney are villages in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Brims, Orkney

Brinian

Brinian is a village on the island of Rousay, in Orkney, Scotland. List of places in Orkney and Brinian are villages in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Brinian

Brough of Birsay

The Brough of Birsay is an uninhabited tidal island off the north-west coast of The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland, in the parish of Birsay.

See List of places in Orkney and Brough of Birsay

Broughtown

Broughtown is a village on the island of Sanday, in Orkney, Scotland. List of places in Orkney and Broughtown are villages in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Broughtown

Burray

Burray is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Burray

Burwick, Orkney

Burwick is a small harbour on the island of South Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. List of places in Orkney and Burwick, Orkney are villages in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Burwick, Orkney

Cantick Head Lighthouse

The Cantick Head Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse on the Scottish island of South Walls in the Orkney Islands.

See List of places in Orkney and Cantick Head Lighthouse

Deerness

Deerness (Old Norse: Dyrnes) is a quoad sacra parish (i.e. one created and functioning for ecclesiastical purposes only) and peninsula in Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Deerness

Dounby

Dounby is a village on Mainland in Orkney, in the north of Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Dounby

Eday

Eday (Aidee) is one of the islands of Orkney, which are located to the north of the Scottish mainland.

See List of places in Orkney and Eday

Edmonstone

Edmonstone is a surname.

See List of places in Orkney and Edmonstone

Egilsay

Egilsay (Egilsay) is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, lying east of Rousay.

See List of places in Orkney and Egilsay

Evie, Orkney

Evie (pronounced) is a parish and village on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Evie, Orkney

Finstown

Finstown is a village in the parish of Firth on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Finstown

Firth, Orkney

Firth (FjörðrPedersen, Roy (January 1992) Orkneyjar ok Katanes (map, Inverness, Nevis Print) meaning a firth or fjord) is a civil parish mainly on Mainland, Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Firth, Orkney

Flotta

Flotta is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying in Scapa Flow.

See List of places in Orkney and Flotta

Gills Bay

Gills Bay, which is situated about west of John o' Groats with the community of Gills close by, has one of the longest stretches of low-lying rock coast on the northern shores of Caithness.

See List of places in Orkney and Gills Bay

Graemsay

Graemsay is an island in the western approaches to Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Graemsay

Grim Ness

Grimness is a cliff-girt headland on the island of South Ronaldsay, in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Grim Ness

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village.

See List of places in Orkney and Hamlet (place)

Harray

Harray (pronounced) (Herað; Herrað) is a parish and a village on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Harray

Herston, Orkney

Herston is a village on South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. List of places in Orkney and Herston, Orkney are villages in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Herston, Orkney

Holm, Orkney

Holm (pronounced), also spelled Ham, is a parish on Mainland, Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Holm, Orkney

Houton

Houton is a settlement southeast of Stromness on the island of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Houton

Hoxa, Orkney

Hoxa is a small settlement on the island of South Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands north of mainland Scotland. List of places in Orkney and Hoxa, Orkney are villages in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Hoxa, Orkney

Hoy, Orkney

Hoy (from Old Norse Háey, meaning "high island") is an island in Orkney, Scotland, measuring – the second largest in the archipelago, after Mainland.

See List of places in Orkney and Hoy, Orkney

Kettletoft

Kettletoft is a settlement on the island of Sanday in Orkney, Scotland. List of places in Orkney and Kettletoft are villages in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Kettletoft

Kirkwall

Kirkwall (Kirkwa, Kirkwaa, or Kirkwal; Kirkavå) is the largest town in Orkney, an archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland. List of places in Orkney and Kirkwall are towns in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Kirkwall

Lamb Holm

Lamb Holm is a small uninhabited island in Orkney, Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Lamb Holm

Liddle Burnt Mound

Liddle Burnt Mound is a Bronze Age site on the island of South Ronaldsay, Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Liddle Burnt Mound

List of islands of Scotland

This is a list of islands of Scotland, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain.

See List of places in Orkney and List of islands of Scotland

List of Orkney islands

This is a list of Orkney islands in Scotland. List of places in Orkney and list of Orkney islands are Orkney-related lists.

See List of places in Orkney and List of Orkney islands

List of places in Scotland

This list of places in Scotland is a complete collection of lists of places in Scotland. List of places in Orkney and list of places in Scotland are lists of places in Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and List of places in Scotland

Longhope, Orkney

Longhope is a coastal settlement on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. List of places in Orkney and Longhope, Orkney are villages in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Longhope, Orkney

Lyness

Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. List of places in Orkney and Lyness are villages in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Lyness

Maeshowe

Maeshowe (or Maes Howe; Orkhaugr) is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Maeshowe

Mainland, Orkney

The Mainland, also known as Hrossey and Pomona, is the main island of Orkney, Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Mainland, Orkney

Marwick

Marwick is a Scottish surname, that may refer to.

See List of places in Orkney and Marwick

North Ronaldsay

North Ronaldsay (also, North Ronalshee) is the northernmost island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and North Ronaldsay

Northern Isles

The Northern Isles (Northern Isles; Na h-Eileanan a Tuath; Norðreyjar; Nordøjar) are a chain (or archipelago) of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Northern Isles

Orkney

Orkney (Orkney; Orkneyjar; Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands (archaically "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago off the north coast of Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Orkney

Orphir

Orphir (pronounced, Old Norse: Jorfjara/OrfjaraPedersen, Roy (January 1992) Orkneyjar ok Katanes (map, Inverness, Nevis Print)) is a parish and settlement on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Orphir

Papa Westray

Papa Westray (Papa Westree), also known as Papay, is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, United Kingdom.

See List of places in Orkney and Papa Westray

Papley

Papley is a surname.

See List of places in Orkney and Papley

Pierowall

Pierowall is a village of Westray in the Orkney Islands, off the coast of the northern Scottish mainland. List of places in Orkney and Pierowall are villages in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Pierowall

Quholm

Quholm is a farm in the northeast of Shapinsay, in the islands of Orkney, Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Quholm

Quoyness chambered cairn

Quoyness chambered cairn is a Neolithic burial monument located on the island of Sanday in Orkney, Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Quoyness chambered cairn

Rackwick

Rackwick is a small coastal crofting township in the north west of the island of Hoy in Orkney, Scotland. List of places in Orkney and Rackwick are villages in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Rackwick

Rapness

Rapness is a settlement on the island of Westray in Orkney, Scotland. List of places in Orkney and Rapness are villages in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Rapness

Rendall

Rendall (Old Norse: RennudalrPedersen, Roy (January 1992) Orkneyjar ok Katanes (map, Inverness, Nevis Print) or Rennadal) is a parish on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Rendall

RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk)

Royal Naval Air Station Hatston (RNAS Hatston, also called HMS Sparrowhawk), was a Royal Naval Air Station, one mile to the north west of Kirkwall on the island of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk)

Rousay

Rousay (Rousee; Hrólfsey meaning Rolf's Island) is a small, hilly island about north of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney Islands of Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Rousay

Sabiston

Sabiston is a surname.

See List of places in Orkney and Sabiston

Sanday, Orkney

Sanday (Sandee) is one of the inhabited islands of Orkney that lies off the north coast of mainland Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Sanday, Orkney

Sandwick, Orkney

Sandwick (Sandvík;Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) Orkneyjar ok Katanes (map, Inverness, Nevis Print) Sandvik) is a parish on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland,Wilson, Rev.

See List of places in Orkney and Sandwick, Orkney

Scar, Orkney

Scar is a village and farm complex on the island of Sanday in Orkney, Scotland. List of places in Orkney and Scar, Orkney are villages in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Scar, Orkney

Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

See List of places in Orkney and Scotland

Shapinsay

Shapinsay (Shapinsee) is one of the Orkney Islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Shapinsay

Skara Brae

Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Skara Brae

South Ronaldsay

South Ronaldsay (also, Sooth Ronalshee) is one of the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and South Ronaldsay

St Margaret's Hope

St Margaret's Hope is a village in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. List of places in Orkney and St Margaret's Hope are villages in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and St Margaret's Hope

St Mary's, Orkney

St Mary's (also known as St. Mary's Holm) is a small village in the parish of Holm on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and St Mary's, Orkney

St Ola

St Ola is a parish on Mainland, Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and St Ola

Stenness

Stenness (pronounced) (Steinnes; Stennes) is a village and parish on the Orkney Mainland in Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Stenness

Stromness

Stromness (Straumnes; Stromnes) is the second-most populous town in Orkney, Scotland. List of places in Orkney and Stromness are towns in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Stromness

Stronsay

Stronsay is an island in Orkney, Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Stronsay

Tankerness

Tankerness is a district in the St Andrews parish in Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Tankerness

Toab, Orkney

Toab is a village on the Orkney Mainland, situated in the East Mainland, off the A960 road, at the head of Deer Sound.

See List of places in Orkney and Toab, Orkney

Twatt, Orkney

Twatt is a settlement in the parish of Birsay on the Mainland of Orkney, Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Twatt, Orkney

Veness

Veness is a surname.

See List of places in Orkney and Veness

Voy

Voy is a settlement in the Orkney Islands of the north of Scotland.

See List of places in Orkney and Voy

Westray

Westray (Westree) is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, with a usual resident population of just under 600 people.

See List of places in Orkney and Westray

Whitehall, Orkney

Whitehall is the village on the island of Stronsay, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. List of places in Orkney and Whitehall, Orkney are villages in Orkney.

See List of places in Orkney and Whitehall, Orkney

Wyre, Orkney

Wyre (historically known as Viera and Veira) is one of the Orkney Islands, lying south-east of Rousay.

See List of places in Orkney and Wyre, Orkney

Yesnaby

Yesnaby (historic: Yeskenaby, Yestnaby) is a historic township in Sandwick, on the west coast of Orkney Mainland, Scotland, south of Skara Brae.

See List of places in Orkney and Yesnaby

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_Orkney

, Pierowall, Quholm, Quoyness chambered cairn, Rackwick, Rapness, Rendall, RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk), Rousay, Sabiston, Sanday, Orkney, Sandwick, Orkney, Scar, Orkney, Scotland, Shapinsay, Skara Brae, South Ronaldsay, St Margaret's Hope, St Mary's, Orkney, St Ola, Stenness, Stromness, Stronsay, Tankerness, Toab, Orkney, Twatt, Orkney, Veness, Voy, Westray, Whitehall, Orkney, Wyre, Orkney, Yesnaby.

List of places in Orkney, the Glossary

Table of Contents

See also

Lists of places in Scotland

Tourist attractions in Orkney

Towns in Orkney

Villages in Orkney

References