Swona
Swona is an uninhabited privately owned island in the Pentland Firth off the north coast of Scotland. It has a herd of feral cattle resulting from the abandonment of stock in 1974.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Swona Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brough Ness and Sandwick.
Sandwick
Locality
Photo: John Comloquoy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sandwick is a parish on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, 4 miles north of Stromness. The parish's name derives from the Old Norse Sandvík meaning "Sand Bay".
Herston
Hamlet
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Herston is a village on South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. Herston is historically a fishing village but its only industry to speak of is Herston Stained Glass, now that Herston Hikers Hostel is now inactive. Herston is situated 5 miles northeast of Swona.
Swona
- Type: Island
- Description: uninhabited island in the Pentland Firth off the north coast of Scotland
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.74366° or 58° 44′ 37″ northLongitude
-3.06202° or 3° 3′ 43″ westElevation
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
9CCRPWVQ+F5OpenStreetMap ID
way 4569195OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2636366Wikidata ID
Q1470309
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Satellite Map
Discover Swona from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Swona” goes by many names.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Keefa Hill and Warbister Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include South Clett and Barth Head.
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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 “Swona”. Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.