List of bays of the Orkney Islands
This List of bays of the Orkney Islands summarises the bays that are located in the islands of Orkney in Scotland.
The heading "Nearest Town" shows the nearest substantial settlement, as Kirkwall is the only town in the Orkney islands.
Auskerry
[edit]The small island of Auskerry has no bays.
Brough of Birsay
[edit]The tidal island of Brough of Birsay has no bays.
Burray
[edit]Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Grid reference | image | Notes |
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Echnaloch Bay | Burray village | 58°51′39″N 2°55′30″W / 58.8608°N 2.9251°W | |||
Weddell Bay | Burray village | 58°52′12″N 2°54′34″W / 58.8700°N 2.9095°W |
Calf of Eday
[edit]Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Grid reference | image | Notes |
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Pernealy Bay | 59°14′32″N 2°43′47″W / 59.2421°N 2.7296°W |
Calf of Flotta
[edit]The small island of Calf of Flotta has no bays.
Cava
[edit]The small island of Cava has no bays.
Copinsay
[edit]Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Grid reference | image | Notes |
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South Bay | 58°53′51″N 2°41′11″W / 58.8974°N 2.6864°W | ||||
North Bay | 58°54′09″N 2°41′07″W / 58.9025°N 2.6854°W | ||||
Bight of Hamnavo | 58°54′06″N 2°42′15″W / 58.9016°N 2.7043°W |
Damsay
[edit]The small island in the Bay of Firth in Mainland has no bays.
Eday
[edit]Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Grid reference | image | Notes |
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Bay of Backaland | Calfsound | 59°09′31″N 2°45′00″W / 59.1587°N 2.750°W | |||
Bay of Carrick | Calfsound | 59°13′51″N 2°45′04″W / 59.2308°N 2.751°W | |||
Bay of Doomy | Calfsound | 59°11′44″N 2°46′48″W / 59.1955°N 2.780°W | |||
Bay of Greentoft | Calfsound | 59°08′34″N 2°46′17″W / 59.1427°N 2.7714°W | |||
Bay of Icevay | Calfsound | 59°11′13″N 2°45′31″W / 59.1870°N 2.7585°W | |||
Bay of London | Calfsound | 59°11′30″N 2°45′28″W / 59.1916°N 2.7577°W | |||
Bay of Newark | Calfsound | 59°12′28″N 2°46′48″W / 59.2078°N 2.780°W | |||
Bight of Milldale | Calfsound | 59°12′04″N 2°45′00″W / 59.2010°N 2.7499°W | |||
Cusbay | Calfsound | 59°13′35″N 2°47′10″W / 59.2265°N 2.786°W | |||
Fersness Bay | Calfsound | 59°11′48″N 2°47′59″W / 59.1968°N 2.7998°W | |||
Mill Bay | Calfsound | 59°12′27″N 2°44′59″W / 59.2076°N 2.7496°W | |||
Sealskerry Bay | Calfsound | 59°10′09″N 2°49′09″W / 59.1693°N 2.8191°W | |||
Whitemaw Bay | Calfsound | 59°08′54″N 2°47′39″W / 59.1482°N 2.7942°W |
Egilsay
[edit]Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Grid reference | image | Notes |
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Bay of Skaill | 59°08′46″N 2°56′27″W / 59.1460°N 2.9407°W | ||||
Bay of Vady | 59°08′21″N 2°56′13″W / 59.1393°N 2.9369°W |
Eynhallow
[edit]The small island of Eynhallow has no bays.
Fara
[edit]Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Grid reference | image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peat Bay | 58°51′07″N 3°10′35″W / 58.8520°N 3.1763°W |
Faray
[edit]Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Grid reference | image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bight of Sandbister | 59°12′31″N 2°49′44″W / 59.2087°N 2.8290°W |
Flotta
[edit]Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Grid reference | image | Notes |
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Kirk Bay | 58°48′59″N 3°05′54″W / 58.8163°N 3.0982°W | ||||
Pan Hope | 58°49′57″N 3°05′52″W / 58.8326°N 3.0979°W | ||||
Scat Wick | 58°48′54″N 3°07′10″W / 58.814994°N 3.119381°W | ||||
Tween the Wicks | 58°50′50″N 3°03′57″W / 58.8473°N 3.0659°W |
Gairsay
[edit]Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Grid reference | image | Notes |
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Millburn Bay | Orkney | 59°04′40″N 2°57′34″W / 59.07766°N 2.9594°W | |||
Russness Bay | Orkney | 59°05′00″N 2°57′22″W / 59.0833°N 2.9561°W |
Glimps Holm
[edit]The island of Glimps Holm in the Holm Sound has no bays.
Graemsay
[edit]Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Grid reference | image | Notes |
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Bay of Sandside | Orkney | 58°56′07″N 3°16′59″W / 58.9354°N 3.283°W |
Helliar Holm
[edit]The small island of Helliar Holm has no bays.
Holm of Faray
[edit]Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Grid reference | image | Notes |
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Inniens Bay | 59°14′04″N 2°50′03″W / 59.2344°N 2.8343°W |
Holm of Grimbister
[edit]The small island of Holm of Grimbister off the mainland coast has no bays.
Holm of Huip
[edit]The small island of Holm of Huip has no bays.
Holm of Papa
[edit]The small island of Holm of Papa has no bays.
Holm of Scockness
[edit]The small island of Holm of Scockness has no bays.
Hoy
[edit]Shown in clockwise order round the island, starting from the north.
Note: North Bay is listed twice, once under Hoy and once under South Walls. It is the same bay, with the same geographical co-ordinates shown, and lies between the two islands.
Muckle Skerry
[edit]Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Grid reference | image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scartan Bay | Orkney | 58°41′20″N 2°54′58″W / 58.6890°N 2.9162°W |
Orkney Mainland
[edit]Papa Westray
[edit]Rousay
[edit]Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Grid reference | image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bay of Ham | Sourin | 59°10′20″N 2°57′53″W / 59.1721°N 2.9647°W | Bay of Ham | ||
Bay of Moaness | Frotoft | 59°08′40″N 3°05′39″W / 59.1445°N 3.0941°W | |||
Bay of Swandro | Frotoft | 59°08′47″N 3°05′44″W / 59.146306°N 3.095559°W | |||
Bay of Westness | Frotoft | 59°08′30″N 3°05′05″W / 59.141663°N 3.084705°W | |||
Saviskaill Bay | Sourin | 59°11′16″N 3°00′46″W / 59.1879°N 3.0128°W |
Sanday
[edit]South Ronaldsay
[edit]South Walls
[edit]Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Grid reference | image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kirk Hope | Hackness | 58°47′30″N 3°08′34″W / 58.7918°N 3.1429°W | |||
Myre Bay | Hackness | 58°48′10″N 3°09′52″W / 58.8027°N 3.1645°W | |||
North Bay | Wyng | 58°47′42″N 3°13′58″W / 58.7951°N 3.2328°W |
Shapinsay
[edit]Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Grid reference | image | Notes |
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Bay of Crook | Balfour | 59°02′47″N 2°49′16″W / 59.0465°N 2.821°W | Bay of Crook | ||
Bay of Furrowend | Balfour | 59°03′17″N 2°55′18″W / 59.05479°N 2.9217°W | Bay of Furrowend | ||
Bay of Linton | Balfour | 59°03′00″N 2°49′11″W / 59.05°N 2.8198°W | Bay of Linton | ||
Bay of Sandgarth | Balfour | 59°01′23″N 2°50′25″W / 59.0231°N 2.8404°W | Bay of Sandgarth | ||
Elwick Bay | Balfour | 59°01′57″N 2°54′08″W / 59.0326°N 2.9021°W | Elwick Bay | ||
Innsker | Balfour | 59°04′44″N 2°50′06″W / 59.0789°N 2.8350°W | Innsker | ||
Veantrow Bay | Balfour | 59°04′08″N 2°52′07″W / 59.069°N 2.8687°W | Veantrow Bay |
Stronsay
[edit]Swona
[edit]Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Grid reference | image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Brook | 58°44′52″N 3°03′28″W / 58.7479°N 3.0577°W |
Westray
[edit]Wyre
[edit]Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Grid reference | image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bay of Bergeben | 59°06′47″N 2°59′53″W / 59.11308°N 2.9981°W | ||||
Bay of Cott | 59°06′46″N 2°58′49″W / 59.1129°N 2.9804°W | ||||
Bay of Stromnesstaing | 59°06′40″N 2°57′52″W / 59.1112°N 2.9645°W | ||||
Bay of Whelkmulli | 59°06′51″N 3°00′20″W / 59.1143°N 3.0056°W |
See also
[edit]- List of bays of Scotland
- List of bays of the Inner Hebrides
- List of bays of the Firth of Clyde
- List of bays of the Shetland Islands
References
[edit]- ^ Office, United States Hydrographic (1962). Publications ... U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 248.
- ^ a b Center, United States Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic (1976). Sailing Directions (enroute) for Scotland (1st ed.). Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic Center. p. 331.
- ^ a b Center, United States Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic (1950). Sailing Directions for the North and East Coasts of Scotland: Cape Wrath to Fife Ness and Including the Orkney, Shetland and Faeroe Islands. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 233.
- ^ Center, United States Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic (1950). Sailing Directions for the North and East Coasts of Scotland: Cape Wrath to Fife Ness and Including the Orkney, Shetland and Faeroe Islands (3rd ed.). Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 211.
- ^ Office, United States Hydrographic (1915). British Islands Pilot: Faroes, Shetlands, and Orkney Islands and north and east coasts of Scotland. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 246.
- ^ a b Office, United States Hydrographic (1950). Sailing Directions for the North and East Coasts of Scotland: Cape Wrath to Fife Ness and Including the Orkney, Shetland and Faeroe Islands (3rd ed.). Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 250.
- ^ Great Britain Hydrographic Dept. (1894). North Sea Pilot. Vol. 1. London: J. D. Potter. p. 152.
- ^ United States Hydrographic Office (1950). Sailing Directions for the North and East Coasts of Scotland: Cape Wrath to Fife Ness and Including the Orkney, Shetland and Faeroe Islands (3rd ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 185.
- ^ United States Hydrographic Office (1950). Sailing Directions for the North and East Coasts of Scotland: Cape Wrath to Fife Ness and Including the Orkney, Shetland and Faeroe Islands. Vol. 34 (3rd ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 190.
- ^ United States Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center (1976). Sailing Directions (enroute) for Scotland (1st ed.). Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic Center. p. 316.
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands: A Comprehensive Guide to Every Scottish Island. Edinburgh: Canongate. p. 10.24. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- ^ United States Hydrographic Office (1950). Sailing Directions for the North and East Coasts of Scotland: Cape Wrath to Fife Ness and Including the Orkney, Shetland and Faeroe Islands (3rd ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 192.
- ^ United States Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center (1950). Sailing Directions for the North and East Coasts of Scotland: Cape Wrath to Fife Ness and Including the Orkney, Shetland and Faeroe Islands (3rd ed.). Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 191.
- ^ Great Britain Hydrographic Dept (1894). North Sea Pilot. London: J. D. Potter. p. 149.
- ^ Hunter, John (2007). Excavations at Pool, Sanday: a multi-period settlement from Neolithic to late Norse times. Investigations in Sanday, Orkney. Vol. 1. Orcadian. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-902957-29-6.
- ^ Great Britain Hydrographic Dept (1894). North Sea Pilot (4th ed.). London: J. D. Potter. p. 142.
- ^ United States Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center (1950). Sailing Directions for the North and East Coasts of Scotland: Cape Wrath to Fife Ness and Including the Orkney, Shetland and Faeroe Islands (3rd ed.). Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 185.