Scapa Flow
Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay and Hoy. Its sheltered waters have played an important role in travel, trade and conflict throughout the centuries.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Calf of Flotta and Barrel of Butter.
Calf of Flotta
Islet
Photo: Derek Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Calf of Flotta is a small island in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The Calf is next to Flotta, with "Calf" deriving from Old Norse/Norn and meaning a smaller island by a larger one.
Barrel of Butter
Islet
Photo: George Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Barrel of Butter, formerly known as Carlin Skerry, is a skerry in Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hangaback and HMS Royal Oak.
HMS Royal Oak
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
HMS Royal Oak was one of five Revenge-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Completed in 1916, the ship first saw combat at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Grand Fleet.
Whome
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whome is the largest settlement on the Orkney island of Flotta, Scotland. The village is situated on the B9046, the main road across Flotta. Views from Whome look across Pan Hope, to the Flotta oil terminal across the bay.
Scapa Flow
- Type: Strait
- Description: body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.88663° or 58° 53′ 12″ northLongitude
-3.06929° or 3° 4′ 9″ westUnited Nations Location Code
GB SFWOpen location code
9CCRVWPJ+M7OpenStreetMap ID
way 233809563OpenStreetMap feature
natural=strait
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Satellite Map
Discover Scapa Flow from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Scapa Flow” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Scapa Flow”
- Arabic: “سكابا فلو”
- Arabic: “سكوبا فلو”
- Asturian: “Scapa Flow”
- Basque: “Scapa Flow”
- Bulgarian: “Скапа Флоу”
- Catalan: “Scapa Flow”
- Cebuano: “Scapa Flow”
- Chinese: “斯卡帕湾”
- Chinese: “斯卡帕灣”
- Czech: “Scapa Flow”
- Danish: “Scapa Flow”
- Dutch: “Scapa Flow”
- Esperanto: “Scapa Flow”
- Finnish: “Scapa Flow”
- French: “Scapa flow”
- French: “Scapa Flow”
- French: “Scapa-Flow”
- German: “Scapa Flow”
- Greek: “Σκάπα Φλόου”
- Hebrew: “סקאפה פלו”
- Hebrew: “סקפה פלו”
- Hungarian: “Scapa Flow”
- Icelandic: “Skalpaflói”
- Italian: “Scapa Flow”
- Japanese: “スカパ・フロー”
- Japanese: “スカパフロー”
- Korean: “스캐퍼 플로”
- Korean: “스캐퍼플로”
- Luxembourgish: “Operatioun Scapa Flow”
- Malay: “Scapa Flow”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Scapa Flow”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Scapa Flow”
- Norwegian: “Scapa Flow”
- Polish: “Scapa Flow”
- Portuguese: “Scapa Flow”
- Russian: “Скапа-Флоу”
- Scots: “Scapa Flow”
- Scots: “Scapae”
- Serbian: “Skapa Flou”
- Serbian: “Скапа Флоу”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Scapa Flow”
- Slovak: “Scapa Flow”
- Spanish: “Scapa Flow”
- Swedish: “Scapa Flow”
- Turkish: “Scapa Flow”
- Ukrainian: “Скапа-Флоу”
- Venetian: “Scapa Flow”
- Welsh: “Scapa Flow”
- Wu Chinese: “斯卡帕湾”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tanker Mooring Point and Red Face.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Scapa Flow and YMCA, Flotta (WW1 ruins).
Orkney Islands: Must-Visit Destinations
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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 “Scapa Flow”. Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 3.0.