Whitehall
Whitehall is the village on the island of Stronsay, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. It is a small village with about 50 houses. It also has a shop, a café and heritage centre, known as the Fish Mart; the Stronsay Hotel, with attached pub; a post office, a fisherman's pier and a ferry pier.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Whitehall Village” and “Whitehall, Orkney”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Papa Stronsay and Stronsay Airport.
Papa Stronsay
Island
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Papa Stronsay is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying north east of Stronsay. It is 74 hectares in size, and 13 metres above sea level at its highest point.
Stronsay Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stronsay Airport is located 15 nautical miles northeast by north of Kirkwall Airport on Stronsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Stronsay Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee. Stronsay Airport is situated 2 miles northwest of Whitehall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stronsay and Backaland.
Stronsay
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stronsay is one of the Orkney Islands, with a population in 2011 of 349. It's low-lying, indented by three large bays, with its main settlement at Whitehall.
Backaland
Hamlet
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Backaland is a settlement on the island of Eday in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is also within the parish of Eday, and it is located to the south west of the island. Backaland is situated at the southern end of the B9063. Backaland is situated 6 miles west of Whitehall.
Whitehall
- Category: locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.14141° or 59° 8′ 29″ northLongitude
-2.59762° or 2° 35′ 51″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB WHLOpen location code
9CFV4CR2+HXOpenStreetMap ID
node 611615496OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2634099Wikidata ID
Q7995958
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Uzbek—“Whitehall” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Whitehall”
- Dutch: “Whitehall”
- Italian: “Whitehall”
- Urdu: “وائٹ ہال، اوکرنی”
- Uzbek: “Uaytoll”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Woods Yard (old fish curing yard) and Grice Ness.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Our Lady’s Chapel (Lady Church) and Stronsay Post Office.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Whitehall”. Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.