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Hoy and Orkney
The dramatic coastline of Hoy greets visitors travelling to Orkney by ferry from the Scottish mainland.
One links Lyness on Hoy and Longhope on Walls with the island of Flotta and Houton on the Orkney Mainland.
The hilliest Orkney island after Hoy, it offers good views of neighbouring islands from Blotchnifiold, and Keirfea or Knitchen ( both over ).
** Islands: Hoy, Pentland Skerries, Swona, South Ronaldsay, South Walls ( all generally considered to be part of Orkney ); Stroma
Antiquities include Breckness House, erected in 1633 by George Graham, bishop of Orkney at the west entrance of Hoy Sound ; and an ancient cemetery, with ruined church, and remains of a monastery, between Breckness House and Stromness town.
Scapa Flow ( Old Norse: Skalpaflói —" bay of the long isthmus ") is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay and Hoy.
In the 15th century towards the end of Norse rule in Orkney, the islands were run by the jarls from large manor farms, some of which were sited at Burray, Burwick, Paplay, Hoy, and Cairston ( near Stromness ) to guard the entrances to the Flow.
On the Caithness ( southern ) side the Firth extends from Dunnet Head in the west to Duncansby Head in the east, while on the Orkney ( northern ) side from Tor Ness on Hoy in the west to Old Head on South Ronaldsay in the east.
The islands of Hoy and South Ronaldsay border the firth to the north and are part of the Orkney Islands.
Thurso has a fine harbour and beach and looks out over the Pentland Firth to the Orkney island of Hoy and the famous towering Old Man of Hoy ( a stack of rock standing out from the main island ).
The island is known for its large oil terminal and is linked by Orkney Ferries to Houton on the Orkney Mainland and Lyness and Longhope on Hoy.
Shapinsay and Hoy are the only two larger Orkney islands that lack the Orkney vole ( Microtus arvalis orcadensis ).
Graemsay lies between Hoy and Stromness on Mainland Orkney, separated from the Mainland by Clestrain Sound.
Looking North: Rysa Little with Hoy behind to left ; Graemsay with Mainland behind centre and right ; Cava, Orkney | Cava to right.
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