Balfour is a village on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney. The village is situated on Elwick Bay, which was used as an anchorage by Haakon IV of Norway before sailing south to eventual defeat at the Battle of Largs in 1263.

Rendall

Village

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Rendall is a parish on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is in the north west of the island and lies east of the parishes of Birsay and Evie and north east of Harray. The island of Gairsay is also in the parish.

Tingwall

Village

Tingwall is a farm and ferry terminal that lies on the north-east coast of Orkney's West Mainland on the Gairsay Sound in the parish of Evie and Rendall.

Wide Firth

Type: Strait
Category: body of water
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

59.04071° or 59° 2′ 27″ north

Longitude

-2.99331° or 2° 59′ 36″ west

Open location code

9CFV22R4+7M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 931964634

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=strait

GeoNames ID

2633960

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