Tangi
Tangi is a reef in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Tangi is situated nearby to the locality Steinflett, as well as near Upper Sanday.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Gloup and Black Holm.
The Gloup
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Gloup is a collapsed sea cave in the Mull Head Nature Reserve in the islands of Orkney, Scotland. The name derives from the Old Norse "gluppa", meaning a chasm. The Gloup is situated 1½ miles north of Tangi.
Black Holm
Islet
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Black Holm is a small tidal island in the Orkney Islands, near Copinsay to the west of Corn Holm off the north-eastern coast of Scotland. Black Holm is situated 2 miles south of Tangi.
Corn Holm
Island
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Corn Holm is a small tidal island in Orkney, near Copinsay to the west, off the north-eastern coast of Scotland. There was once a small chapel there, and it is covered in birdlife. Corn Holm is situated 2½ miles south of Tangi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rerwick Head and Tankerness.
Rerwick Head
Locality
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rerwick Head is a locality, which is situated 5 miles northwest of Tangi.
Tankerness
Village
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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 5 miles west of Tangi.
Tangi
- Type: Reef
- Also known as: “Tangi Reef”
- Category: landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.93333° or 58° 56′ northLongitude
-2.71667° or 2° 43′ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
9CCVW7MM+88GeoNames ID
2636264
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