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Encyclopedia: Orkney

Orkney (sometimes known as the Orkney Islands or incorrectly as the Orkneys - the term 'Orkney' is already plural) is an archipelago in northern Scotland, situated 10 miles north of the coast of Caithness. Orkney comprises over 70 islands, of which 20 are inhabited. The largest island, known as the Mainland, has an area of 202 square miles, making it the sixth-largest Scottish island and the ninth-largest island surrounding the island of Great Britain. The largest settlement and administrative centre is Kirkwall.

Orkney is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, a constituency of the Scottish Parliament, a lieutenancy area, and a former county. The local council is Orkney Islands Council, the only Council in Scotland to be comprised entirely of independent members.

Translations

How to say "Orkney" in other languages:

	(Japanese)	オークニー諸島
	(German)	Orkney
	(Spanish)	Orcadas
	(French)	Orcades
	(Italian)	Isole Orcadi

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Orkney Brewery

The brewer of the beer of the Orkney Brewery is Red Macgregor...

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Earl of Orkney

The title Earl of Orkney has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland. The first grant was to Henry Sinclair in 1379. His descendant, William Sinclair, surrendered the earldom of Orkney in exchange for the earldom of Caithness. The next Orkney title was the dukedom of Orkney, which...

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Fara

Fara shown within Orkney Islands Fara is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying between Flotta and Hoy. It has been uninhabited since the 1960s. Fara should not be confused with the island of Faray near Eday...

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Orkney Single Malts

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Egilsay

Egilsay shown within Orkney Islands Egilsay is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, lying... to him and is the only surviving round-towered church in Orkney. Ferries sail from the island to Tingwall on the Orkney Mainland, via Wyre or Rousay...

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Flotta

Flotta shown within Orkney Islands Flotta is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying in Scapa Flow. The island is known for its large oil terminal and is linked by ferry to Houton on the Orkney Mainland and Lyness and Longhope on Hoy...

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Burray

Burray shown within Orkney Islands Burray is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland. It is linked to South Ronaldsay and to the Orkney Mainland via Glimps Holm and Lambs Holm by the Churchill Barriers. The main settlement on Burray is Burray Village, formerly a fishing port. Burray also has a...

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Graemsay

Graemsay shown within Orkney Islands Graemsay is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland with a population of around thirty people. Its main source of employment is crofting. Attractions on the... the Orkney Mainland and Moness on Hoy...

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North Ronaldsay

North Ronaldsay shown within Orkney Islands North Ronaldsay is the northernmost of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The main industries on the island are crofting and sheep farming, where unique... home to a bird observatory. Flights link the island with Kirkwall on the Orkney Mainland, as does a...

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Shapinsay

Shapinsay shown within Orkney Islands Shapinsay is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland. The main village on the island is Balfour, from which ferries sail to Kirkwall on the Orkney Mainland. The village is also home to Balfour Castle, built in 1848, a stone gasometer, the seventeenth...

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