Loch of Stenness
The Loch of Stenness is a large brackish loch on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland and is named for the parish of Stenness. It is 2 miles northeast of the town of Stromness, lies immediately to the south of the Loch of Harray and is close to the World Heritage neolithic sites of the Stones of Stenness and Ring of Brodgar.
- Type: Lake
- Description: large brackish lake on Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK, outflows via The Bush to the Bay of Ireland
- Also known as: “Loch d’Harray”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Ring of Brodgar and Unstan Chambered Cairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cairston and Stenness.
Cairston
Locality
Loch of Stenness
- Category: body of water
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59° north
Longitude
-3.25° or 3° 15′ west
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Open location code
9CFR2Q22+22
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Loch of Stenness” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Stenness aintzira”
- Catalan: “Loch of Stenness”
- Cebuano: “Loch of Stenness”
- Chinese: “斯丹尼斯湖”
- French: “loch de Stenness”
- French: “Loch de Stenness”
- German: “Loch of Stenness”
- Hebrew: “לוך סטנס”
- Japanese: “ステネス湖”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Loch of Stenness”
- Norwegian: “Loch of Stenness”
- Swedish: “Loch of Stenness”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Wasbister and Clouston.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Mainland and Ring of Brodgar.
Orkney Islands: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Kirkwall and Stromness.
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