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List of islands of Scotland and Orkney

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Difference between List of islands of Scotland and Orkney

List of islands of Scotland vs. Orkney

This is a list of islands of Scotland, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain. Orkney (Orkneyjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of Great Britain.

Similarities between List of islands of Scotland and Orkney

List of islands of Scotland and Orkney have 70 things in common (in Unionpedia): Auskerry, Brough of Birsay, Burray, Caithness, Calf of Eday, Calf of Flotta, Cava, Orkney, Celtic languages, Churchill Barriers, Copinsay, Corn Holm, Croft (land), Damsay, Eday, Edinburgh, Egilsay, Eynhallow, Fara, Orkney, Faray, Flotta, Gairsay, Glims Holm, Graemsay, Helliar Holm, Holm of Faray, Holm of Huip, Holm of Papa, Holm of Scockness, Hoy, Hunda, ..., Inverness, Kili Holm, Lamb Holm, Lerwick, List of islands of the British Isles, Mainland, Orkney, Midgarth, Muckle Green Holm, North Ronaldsay, Northern Isles, Old Norse, Old Red Sandstone, Ordnance Survey, Papa Stronsay, Papa Westray, Pentland Firth, Pentland Skerries, Rousay, Rusk Holm, Rysa Little, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic, Shapinsay, Shetland, South Ronaldsay, South Walls, Stack (geology), Stronsay, Subdivisions of Scotland, Sule Skerry, Sule Stack, Sweyn Holm, Switha, Swona, Tide, United Kingdom census, 2011, Vikings, Westray, Wyre, Orkney. Expand index (40 more) »

Auskerry

Auskerry (Austrsker, east skerry) is a small island in eastern Orkney, Scotland.

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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.

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Burray

Burray is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland.

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Caithness

Caithness (Gallaibh, Caitnes; Katanes) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.

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Calf of Eday

The Calf of Eday (Kalfr) is an uninhabited island in Orkney, Scotland, lying north east of Eday.

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Calf of Flotta

The Calf of Flotta is a small island in Scapa Flow, Orkney.

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Cava, Orkney

Cava is an uninhabited island in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland.

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Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are a group of related languages descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic"; a branch of the greater Indo-European language family.

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Churchill Barriers

The Churchill Barriers are a series of four causeways in Orkney, Scotland, with a total length of 1.5 miles (2.4 km).

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Copinsay

Copinsay (Kolbeinsey) is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, lying off the east coast of the Orkney Mainland.

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Corn Holm

Corn Holm is a small tidal island in Orkney, near Copinsay to the west.

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Croft (land)

A croft is a fenced or enclosed area of land, usually small and arable, usually, but not always, with a crofter's dwelling thereon.

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Damsay

Damsay is an islet in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland.

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Eday

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

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Egilsay

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

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Eynhallow

Eynhallow (Old Norse: Eyinhelga) is a small, presently uninhabited island, part of Orkney, off the north coast of mainland Scotland.

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Fara, Orkney

Fara (Old Norse: Færey) is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying in Scapa Flow between the islands of Flotta and Hoy.

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Faray

Faray (Old Norse: Færey) is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying between Eday and Westray.

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Flotta

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

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Gairsay

Gairsay (Old Norse: Gáreksey) is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, located in the parish of Rendall, off the coast, astride one of the approaches to the bays of Firth and Kirkwall.

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Glims Holm

Glims Holm (OS: Glimps Holm; Glums Holm) is a small uninhabited islet in Orkney, Scotland.

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Graemsay

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

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Helliar Holm

Helliar Holm is an uninhabited island off the coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.

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Holm of Faray

The Holm of Faray is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, near Faray and Westray, which it lies between.

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Holm of Huip

The Holm of Huip is a small island in the Orkney Islands, in Spurness Sound to the north west of Stronsay.

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Holm of Papa

The Holm of Papa (or Holm of Papay, Holm of Papa Westray and known locally as the Papay Holm, Orkneyjar. Retrieved 1 April 2014.) is a very small uninhabited island in the Orkney islands.

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Holm of Scockness

The Holm of Scockness is a small island in the Orkney Islands, between Rousay and Egilsay.

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Hoy

Hoy (from Norse Háey meaning high island) is an island in Orkney, Scotland measuring — ranked largest in the archipelago after the Mainland.

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Hunda

Hunda is an uninhabited island in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland.

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Inverness

Inverness (from the Inbhir Nis, meaning "Mouth of the River Ness", Inerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands.

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Kili Holm

Kili Holm is a tidal island in the Orkney Islands, linked to Egilsay.

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Lamb Holm

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

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Lerwick

Lerwick (Scottish Gaelic: Liùrabhaig, Norwegian: Leirvik) is the main port of Shetland Islands, Scotland.

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List of islands of the British Isles

This page is a list of the larger islands that form the British Isles, listing area and population data.

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Mainland, Orkney

The Mainland is the main island of Orkney, Scotland.

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Midgarth

Midgarth, also known as the Holm of Midgarth and Linga Holm is an uninhabited Scottish island extending to approximately situated west of Stronsay island in the Orkney archipelago.

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Muckle Green Holm

Muckle Green Holm is an uninhabited island in the North Isles of the Orkney archipelago in Scotland.

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North Ronaldsay

North Ronaldsay is the northernmost island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland.

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Northern Isles

The Northern Isles (Northren Isles; Na h-Eileanan a Tuath; Norðreyjar) are a pair of archipelagos off the north coast of mainland Scotland, comprising Orkney and Shetland.

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Old Norse

Old Norse was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements from about the 9th to the 13th century.

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Old Red Sandstone

The Old Red Sandstone is an assemblage of rocks in the North Atlantic region largely of Devonian age.

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Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey (OS) is a national mapping agency in the United Kingdom which covers the island of Great Britain.

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Papa Stronsay

Papa Stronsay (Papey Minni) is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying north east of Stronsay.

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Papa Westray

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

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Pentland Firth

The Pentland Firth (An Caol Arcach, meaning the Orcadian Strait) is a strait which separates the Orkney Islands from Caithness in the north of Scotland.

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Pentland Skerries

The Pentland Skerries (Old Norse: PettlandsskerPedersen, Roy (January 1992) Orkneyjar ok Katanes (map, Inverness, Nevis Print)) are a group of four uninhabited islands lying in the Pentland Firth, northeast of Duncansby Head and south of South Ronaldsay in Scotland.

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Rousay

Rousay (Hrólfsey meaning Rolf's Island) is a small, hilly island about north of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney Islands of Scotland, and has been nicknamed "the Egypt of the north", due to its archaeological diversity and importance.

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Rusk Holm

Rusk Holm is a small island in the Orkney Islands, near Faray to the west.

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Rysa Little

Rysa Little is an uninhabited island in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland.

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Sanday, Orkney

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

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic or Scots Gaelic, sometimes also referred to simply as Gaelic (Gàidhlig) or the Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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Shapinsay

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

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Shetland

Shetland (Old Norse: Hjaltland), also called the Shetland Islands, is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies northeast of Great Britain.

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South Ronaldsay

South Ronaldsay is one of the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland.

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South Walls

South Walls is an inhabited island adjacent to Hoy in Orkney, Scotland.

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Stack (geology)

A stack or sea stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast, formed by wave erosion.

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Stronsay

Stronsay is an island in Orkney, Scotland.

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Subdivisions of Scotland

For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas", which are all governed by single-tier authorities designated as "councils".

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Sule Skerry

Sule Skerry is a remote skerry in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland.

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Sule Stack

Sule Stack or Stack Skerry is an extremely remote island or stack in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland.

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Sweyn Holm

Note: There is also a "Sweyn Holm" off St Ninian's Isle, Shetland Sweyn Holm is a small island in the Orkney Islands, next to Gairsay.

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Switha

Switha is a small uninhabited island towards the south of Orkney, Scotland, approximately 41 hectares in area.

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Swona

Swona is an uninhabited island in the Pentland Firth off the north coast of Scotland.

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Tide

Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of Earth.

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United Kingdom census, 2011

A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years.

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Vikings

Vikings (Old English: wicing—"pirate", Danish and vikinger; Swedish and vikingar; víkingar, from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.

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Westray

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

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Wyre, Orkney

Wyre is one of the Orkney Islands, lying south-east of Rousay.

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List of islands of Scotland and Orkney Comparison

List of islands of Scotland has 560 relations, while Orkney has 391. As they have in common 70, the Jaccard index is 7.36% = 70 / (560 + 391).

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