South Wick

South Wick is a bay in Orkney Islands, Scotland. South Wick is situated nearby to the locality Bow Head, as well as near the hamlet Aikerness.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Papa Westray and Holm of Papa.

Papa Westray

Photo: Kristel Jeuring, CC BY 2.0.

Papa Westray is one of the Orkney Islands north of mainland Scotland - nearly the northernmost, but North Ronaldsay edges it by half a mile. Papa Westray measures 4 miles north-south and a mile across, and is more low-lying and fertile than nearby Westray.

Holm of Papa

Islet

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The Holm of Papa is a very small uninhabited island in the Orkney Islands. It is around 21 hectares in size. It can be visited from its neighbouring island Papa Westray, or Papay, an island less than a hundred metres west of the Holm.

Papa Westray Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Me677, Public domain.

Papa Westray Airport is located on Papa Westray, Orkney Islands, Scotland, 24 NM north of Kirkwall. The facility is best known for being one of the two airports joined by the shortest scheduled flight in the world, a leg of Loganair's inter-island service, to Westray Airport.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pierowall.

Pierowall

Village

Photo: David Wyatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pierowall is a village of Westray in the Orkney Islands, off the coast of the northern Scottish mainland. The village is the island's largest settlement and lies near its northern end, around Pierowall Bay. Pierowall is situated 5 miles southwest of South Wick.

South Wick

Type: Bay
Category: body of water
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

59.35° or 59° 21′ north

Longitude

-2.86667° or 2° 52′ west

Elevation

43 feet (13 metres)

Open location code

9CFV84XM+X8

GeoNames ID

2637291

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