Sweyn Holm is a small island in the Orkney Islands, next to Gairsay. It is thought to be named for Sweyn Asleifsson, who was connected with Gairsay or possibly a corruption of "servant's island" in Norse. Sweyn Holm is situated 2 miles northeast of Seal Skerry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tingwall and Rendall.

Tingwall

Village

Tingwall is a farm and ferry terminal that lies on the north-east coast of Orkney's West Mainland on the Gairsay Sound in the parish of Evie and Rendall. Tingwall is situated 2½ miles northwest of Seal Skerry.

Rendall

Village

Photo: John Comloquoy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rendall is a parish on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is in the north west of the island and lies east of the parishes of Birsay and Evie and north east of Harray. The island of Gairsay is also in the parish. Rendall is situated 3 miles west of Seal Skerry.

Balfour

Village

Photo: Shirley Grant, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Balfour is a village on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney. The village is situated on Elwick Bay, which was used as an anchorage by Haakon IV of Norway before sailing south to eventual defeat at the Battle of Largs in 1263. Balfour is situated 3½ miles southeast of Seal Skerry.

Seal Skerry

Type: Islet
Description: skerry in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK, in the south of Eynhallow Sound between Gairsay and Mainland
Categories: skerry, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

59.06688° or 59° 4′ 1″ north

Longitude

-2.98788° or 2° 59′ 16″ west

Open location code

9CFV3286+QR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 118949938

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

2638294

Wikidata ID

Q24638497

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Seal Skerry” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Seal Skerry (bato sa Hiniusang Gingharian, lat 59,07, long -2,99)”
Cebuano: “Seal Skerry”
Swedish: “Seal Skerry (klippa i Storbritannien, lat 59,07, long -2,99)”

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