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 | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
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 | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Pernealy Bay | 59°14′32″N 2°43′47″W / 59.2421°N 2.7296°W |
Cava[edit]
The small island of Cava has no bays.
Eday[edit]
Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
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 | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
Fara[edit]
Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Peat Bay | 58°51′07″N 3°10′35″W / 58.8520°N 3.1763°W |
Flotta[edit]
Gairsay[edit]
Name | County | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Graemsay[edit]
Name | County | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bay of Sandside | Orkney | 58°56′07″N 3°16′59″W / 58.9354°N 3.283°W |
Holm of Faray[edit]
Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Inniens Bay | 59°14′04″N 2°50′03″W / 59.2344°N 2.8343°W |
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 | County | Nearest Town or Village | Coordinates | 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 | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Bay of Ham | Sourin | 59°10′20″N 2°57′53″W / 59.1721°N 2.9647°W | |
Bay of Moaness | Frotoft | 59°08′40″N 3°05′39″W / 59.1445°N 3.0941°W | |
Bay of Swandro | Frotoft | 59°08′42″N 3°05′42″W / 59.1451°N 3.0951°W | |
Bay of Westness | Frotoft | 59°08′25″N 3°05′03″W / 59.1403°N 3.0842°W | |
Saviskaill Bay | Sourin | 59°11′16″N 3°00′46″W / 59.1879°N 3.0128°W |
Note: (sample) "Grithin" (the bay immediately west of Saviskaill Head) is larger than the three bays listed above on the south-west of the island, but is not named on the OS map.
Sanday[edit]
South Ronaldsay[edit]
South Walls[edit]
Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | 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 | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Bay of Crook | Balfour | 59°02′47″N 2°49′16″W / 59.0465°N 2.821°W | |
Bay of Furrowend | Balfour | 59°03′17″N 2°55′18″W / 59.05479°N 2.9217°W | |
Bay of Linton | Balfour | 59°03′00″N 2°49′11″W / 59.05°N 2.8198°W | |
Bay of Sandgarth | Balfour | 59°01′23″N 2°50′25″W / 59.0231°N 2.8404°W | |
Shapinsay | Balfour | 59°01′57″N 2°54′08″W / 59.0326°N 2.9021°W | |
Innsker | Balfour | 59°04′44″N 2°50′06″W / 59.0789°N 2.8350°W | |
Veantrow Bay | Balfour | 59°04′08″N 2°52′07″W / 59.069°N 2.8687°W |
Stronsay[edit]
Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Bay of Bomasty | Whitehall | 59°05′53″N 2°40′26″W / 59.098°N 2.6738°W | |
Bay of Franks | Whitehall | 59°08′49″N 2°37′18″W / 59.1469°N 2.6217°W | |
Bight of Aith | Whitehall | 59°06′04″N 2°37′13″W / 59.1012°N 2.6202°W | |
Bight of Baywest | Whitehall | 59°06′08″N 2°40′18″W / 59.1021°N 2.6716°W | |
Bight of Doonatown | Whitehall | 59°06′01″N 2°39′16″W / 59.1002°N 2.6544°W | |
Bay of Holland | Whitehall | 59°05′34″N 2°37′38″W / 59.0927°N 2.6271°W | |
Bay of Houseby | Whitehall | 59°04′44″N 2°33′32″W / 59.0788°N 2.5588°W | |
Bight of Matpow | Whitehall | 59°06′47″N 2°37′50″W / 59.1131°N 2.6305°W | |
Bight of Scarma | Whitehall | 59°04′40″N 2°36′29″W / 59.0778°N 2.608°W | |
Mill Bay | Whitehall | 59°07′36″N 2°35′05″W / 59.1266°N 2.5848°W | |
Odin Bay | Whitehall | 59°06′26″N 2°32′26″W / 59.1073°N 2.5406°W | |
Oyce of Huip | Whitehall | 59°09′11″N 2°37′34″W / 59.1531°N 2.6261°W | |
Pow of the Sty | Whitehall | 59°07′15″N 2°33′13″W / 59.1208°N 2.5536°W | |
St Catherine's Bay | Whitehall | 59°07′30″N 2°39′42″W / 59.125°N 2.6616°W |
Swona[edit]
Name | Nearest Town | Coordinates | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
The Brook | 58°44′52″N 3°03′28″W / 58.7479°N 3.0577°W |
Westray[edit]
Wyre[edit]
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.