Tor Ness
Tor Ness is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Tor Ness is situated nearby to the locality Wastlee Moor, as well as near Loomi Shuns.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tor Ness Lighthouse and Melsetter House, Hoy.
Melsetter House, Hoy
Historic building
Photo: Wolfgang Schlick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Melsetter House, Hoy is a historic building.
Longhope Lifeboat Museum
Museum
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longhope Lifeboat Museum is a museum at Brims on the island of Hoy in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The museum's main exhibit is the former lifeboat Thomas McCunn, the lifeboat that served the islands of Hoy and South Walls between 1933 and 1962. Longhope Lifeboat Museum is situated 2 miles east of Tor Ness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brims and Longhope.
Brims
Locality
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brims is a village at the southern point of the island of Hoy, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Walls and Flotta. The RNLI lifeboat Thomas McCunn is on display at the Longhope Lifeboat Museum in Brims, which was the Longhope Lifeboat Station until 1999. Brims is situated 2 miles east of Tor Ness.
Longhope
Village
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Longhope is a coastal settlement on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. South Walls is linked to Hoy by causeway; Longhope is the largest settlement on the two islands. The settlement is situated on the B9047, the main road on Hoy and South Walls. Longhope is situated 3½ miles northeast of Tor Ness.
Lyness
Village
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048. Lyness is situated 5 miles northeast of Tor Ness.
Tor Ness
- Type: Locality
- Description: cape on Hoy, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: cape
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.77644° or 58° 46′ 35″ northLongitude
-3.28942° or 3° 17′ 22″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
9CCRQPG6+H6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1346094550OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Tor Ness” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tor Ness”
- Swedish: “Tor Ness (udde i Storbritannien, lat 58,78, long -3,29)”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wastlee Moor and Loomi Shuns.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Steading, Melsetter Farm, Hoy and Shed, Melsetter Farm, Hoy.
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