Yinstay Head
Yinstay Head is a cape in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Yinstay Head is situated nearby to the locality Head of Holland, as well as near Rerwick Head.Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch of Tankerness.
Loch of Tankerness
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch of Tankerness is a large, lowland, freshwater loch on the Orkney mainland in Scotland. The loch is roughly triangular in shape and is shallow with a flat bottom that gradually deepens from west to east. It lies approximately 4 mi southeast of Kirkwall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Head of Holland and Rerwick Head.
Head of Holland
Locality
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Head of Holland is a locality, which is situated 1½ miles west of Yinstay Head.
Rerwick Head
Locality
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rerwick Head is a locality, which is situated 2 miles east of Yinstay Head.
Tankerness
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tankerness is a district in the St Andrews parish in Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. Essentially a peninsula, it is about 13 kilometres south-east of Kirkwall and 1 kilometre east of Kirkwall Airport. Tankerness is situated 2 miles south of Yinstay Head.
Yinstay Head
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Yinstay Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Yinstay Head”
- Swedish: “Yinstay Head”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Yinstay and The Ness.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Skerry of Yinstay and Yinstay Bay.
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