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 the Orkney in Scotland
Hoy
Name | County | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Notes |
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Aith Hope | Orkney | Saltness | 58°47′06″N 3°13′56″W | |
Bay of Creekland | Orkney | Quoydale | 58°55′17″N 3°19′09″W | |
Bay of the Stairs | Orkney | Quoydale | 58°55′20″N 3°23′14″W | |
Bay of the Tongue | Orkney | Quoydale | 58°55′26″N 3°22′57″W | |
Bay of Quoys | Orkney | Quoydale | 58°54′38″N 3°18′44″W | |
Chalmers' Hope | Orkney | Quoyness | 58°53′20″N 3°14′23″W | |
Ha Wick | Orkney | 58°46′57″N 3°18′09″W | ||
Little Rack Wick | Orkney | 58°49′00″N 3°20′04″W | ||
Lyrawa Bay | Orkney | Quoyness | 58°52′16″N 3°13′10″W | |
Mill Bay | Orkney | Lyness | 58°50′36″N 3°12′19″W | |
North Bay | Orkney | Saltness | 58°47′42″N 3°13′58″W | |
Ore Bay | Orkney | Lyness | 58°49′44″N 3°11′49″W | |
Pegal Bay | Orkney | Lyness | 58°51′41″N 3°12′56″W | |
Rackwick Bay | Orkney | 58°51′55″N 3°23′14″W | ||
Rysa Bay | Orkney | Lyness | 58°51′01″N 3°11′56″W | |
The Pow | Orkney | Quoydale | 58°55′55″N 3°20′52″W |
Orkney Mainland
South Ronaldsay
Name | County | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Notes |
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Barswick | Orkney | Mossetter | 58°45′45″N 2°59′01″W | |
Bur Wick | Orkney | Greamston | 58°43′54″N 2°57′53″W | |
Dam of Hoxa | Orkney | St Margaret's Hope | 58°49′47″N 2°59′30″W | |
Gill Bay | Orkney | St Margaret's Hope | 58°50′07″N 2°58′17″W | |
Hoston Bay | Orkney | Lower Olad | 58°46′10″N 2°58′48″W | |
Hune Bay | Orkney | Sandwick | 58°46′26″N 2°58′53″W | |
Manse Bay | Orkney | St Margaret's Hope | 58°48′43″N 2°54′24″W | |
Newark Bay | Orkney | Mossetter | 58°47′56″N 2°55′15″W | |
Oyce of Herston | Orkney | St Margaret's Hope | 58°48′16″N 2°59′24″W | |
Oyce of Quindry | Orkney | St Margaret's Hope | 58°48′48″N 2°59′17″W | |
Pool of Cletts | Orkney | Cletts | 58°48′00″N 2°55′15″W | ![]() |
Sand Wick | Orkney | St Margaret's Hope | 58°47′03″N 2°59′10″W | |
St Margaret's Hope | Orkney | St Margaret's Hope | 58°49′57″N 2°57′12″W | |
Widewall Bay | Orkney | St Margaret's Hope | 58°49′08″N 3°00′29″W | |
Wind Wick | Orkney | Mossetter | 58°46′07″N 2°56′05″W |
Westray
Name | County | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Notes |
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Bay of Brough | Orkney | Pierowall | 59°18′43″N 2°57′17″W | |
Bay of Cubbigeo | Orkney | Skelwick | 59°16′24″N 2°54′38″W | |
Bay of Cleat | Orkney | Pierowall | 59°18′28″N 2°55′50″W | |
Bay of Havey | Orkney | Sskelwick | 59°17′58″N 2°53′53″W | |
Bay of Kirbist | Orkney | Pierowall | 59°16′19″N 3°00′35″W | |
Bay of Noup | Orkney | Pierowall | 59°19′49″N 3°01′29″W | |
Bay of Pierowall | Orkney | Pierowall | 59°19′17″N 2°58′11″W | |
Bay of Skaill | Orkney | Pierowall | 59°20′37″N 2°57′07″W | |
Bay of Swartmill | Orkney | Skelwick | 59°18′10″N 2°54′52″W | |
Bay of Tafts | Orkney | Skelwick | 59°15′05″N 2°52′58″W | |
Bay of Tuquoy | Orkney | Skelwick | 59°16′44″N 2°56′29″W | |
Bight of Stangerhead | Orkney | Rapness | 59°16′09″N 2°51′41″W | |
Hooro Nev | Orkney | Pierowall | 59°17′10″N 3°01′08″W | |
Monivey | Orkney | Pierowall | 59°19′04″N 3°03′22″W | |
Rack Wick | Orkney | Pierowall | 59°20′12″N 2°59′12″W | |
Rack Wick | Orkney | Skelwick | 59°16′08″N 2°52′43″W | |
Skel Wick | Orkney | Skelwick | 59°17′36″N 2°53′19″W | |
The Vian | Orkney | Rackwick | 59°21′21″N 2°56′41″W |
See also
References
- Center, United States Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic (1976). Sailing Directions (enroute) for Scotland (1st ed.). Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic Center. p. 331.
- 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.
- 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.
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