Ve Ness
Ve Ness is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Ve Ness is situated nearby to the locality Bancquoy, as well as near the hamlet Hobbister.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirbister Mill and Hobbister House.
Orphir, Free Church
Church
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Orphir, Free Church is situated 2 miles west of Ve Ness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orphir and HMS Royal Oak.
Orphir
Village
Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orphir is a parish and settlement on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is approximately 9 miles southwest of Kirkwall, and comprises a seaboard tract of about 7 by 3+1⁄2 mi, and includes Cava and the Holm of Houton. Orphir is situated 2 miles west of Ve Ness.
HMS Royal Oak
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
HMS Royal Oak was one of five Revenge-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Completed in 1916, the ship first saw combat at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Grand Fleet. HMS Royal Oak is situated 3½ miles east of Ve Ness.
Houton
Village
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Houton is a settlement 5 miles southeast of Stromness on the island of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Orphir, and is situated on a minor road off the A964. Houton is situated 4 miles west of Ve Ness.
Ve Ness
- Type: Locality
- Description: cape in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: cape
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.93212° or 58° 55′ 56″ northLongitude
-3.08423° or 3° 5′ 3″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
9CCRWWJ8+R8OpenStreetMap ID
node 9083989320OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ve Ness” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ve Ness”
- Swedish: “Ve Ness”
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