Kirkwall is the largest town and capital of the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Great Britain. The town is first mentioned in Orkneyinga saga in the year 1046 when it is recorded as the residence of Rögnvald Brusason the Earl of Orkney, who was killed by his uncle Thorfinn the Mighty. In 1486, King James III of Scotland elevated Kirkwall to the status of a royal burgh; modern roadsigns still indicate "The City and Royal Burgh of Kirkwall".
Population: 8,500
Latitude: 58° 59' 5.24" N
Longitude: -2° 57' 31.43" W
Muckle Green Holm is an uninhabited island in the North Isles of the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is roughly 28 hectares (0.11 sq mi) in extent and rises to 28 metres (92 ft) above sea level, the summit having a trig point. The literal meaning…
Kili Holm is a tidal island in the Orkney Islands, linked to Egilsay. Unusually, like its neighbour Egilsay, it may have a partly Gaelic etymology, in this case from cille meaning a monk’s cell (Egilsay may derive from eaglais a church).
The Holm of Scockness is a small island in the Orkney Islands, between Rousay and Egilsay.
Happy Valley is a garden created by Edwin Harrold in Stenness, Orkney, Scotland.
Eynhallow Sound is a seaway lying between Mainland Orkney and the island of Rousay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The tidal indraught is "scarcely felt beyond a line joining Costa Head and the Reef of Quendale".
Damsay is an islet in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is approximately 18 hectares (0.07 sq mi) in extent and rises to only 11 metres (36 ft) above sea level. It is situated in the Bay of Firth north of the Orkney Mainland near Finstown.
…Corn Holm is a small tidal island in Orkney, near Copinsay to the west.
The Calf of Flotta is a small island in Scapa Flow, Orkney.
Black Holm is a small tidal island in the Orkney Islands, near Copinsay to the west of Corn Holm.
Balfour Hospital is a rural general hospital in Kirkwall, run by NHS Orkney.
Veantro Bay is a bay on the northwest coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Vasa Loch is a brackish lagoon in southwestern Shapinsay, Orkney Islands. (Ordnance, 2002) This water body has been shown on early maps of the island in a very similar shape and size to its current geometry, separated from the North Sea by a narrow …
Thieves Holm is a small island in Orkney, Scotland.
The Ouse is a tidal estuary in northern Shapinsay, Orkney Islands. This water body has been shown on early maps of the island in a very similar shape to its current geometry. The Ouse is fed by small rivulets and upland springs that rise on the west…
Note: There is also a "Sweyn Holm" off St Ninian's Isle, Shetland
Linton Bay is a bay on the east coast on the island of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands. To the north of Linton Bay are the headlands of Ness of Ork, and to the south is situated The Foot.
The Holm of Houton is one of the southern Orkney islands.
Grimness is a cliff-girt headland on the island of South Ronaldsay, in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. It is located between Honeysgeo and Skipi Geo and rises to a height of 34 metres above sea level. There is a trig point at the summit. The nam…