Stroma
Stroma is an uninhabited island in the Pentland Firth, between Orkney and the mainland of Scotland. It forms part of the civil parish of Canisbay in Caithness, in the Highland council area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island off the northern coast of the mainland of Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Island of Stroma” and “Stroma, Scotland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stroma Lighthouse and MeyGen.
Stroma Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stroma is an uninhabited island in the Pentland Firth, between Orkney and the mainland of Scotland. It forms part of the civil parish of Canisbay in Caithness, in the Highland council area.
MeyGen
Power station
MeyGen is a tidal stream energy plant in the north of Scotland. The project is located in the Pentland Firth, specifically the Inner Sound between the Island of Stroma and the Scottish mainland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huna and Canisbay.
Huna
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huna is a small remote crofting township, located 1 mile northeast of Canisbay and 1.5 miles west of John o' Groats in Caithness, in Scotland. It is currently part of the Highland Council area. Huna is situated 3 miles south of Stroma.
Canisbay
Hamlet
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Canisbay is a rural hamlet located about one mile southwest of Huna and two and a half miles southwest of John o' Groats in Caithness, Scottish Highlands, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Canisbay is situated 3½ miles south of Stroma.
John o’Groats
Photo: Davidcarroll, CC BY-SA 4.0.
John o'Groats is a village in the former county of Caithness on the far north coast of Scotland. With a population of about 300, it makes its living from tourism, as it's the traditional north terminus of the British mainland road network.
Stroma
- Category: landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Stroma” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Island of Stroma”
- Chinese: “斯特罗马岛”
- Chinese: “斯特羅馬島”
- Dutch: “Stroma”
- French: “Island of Stroma”
- French: “Stroma”
- German: “Island of Stroma”
- German: “Isle of Stroma”
- Italian: “Island of Stroma”
- Italian: “Stroma”
- Japanese: “ストローマ島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stroma i Skottland”
- Old Norse: “Straumøy”
- Old Norse: “Straumsey”
- Russian: “Строма (остров)”
- Russian: “Строма”
- Slovenian: “Island of Stroma”
- Slovenian: “Stroma”
- Spanish: “Isla de Stroma”
- Swedish: “Island of Stroma”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cairn Hill (Stroma) and Red Head.
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