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.- Strait
- Description: body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Places of Interest
Highlights include Calf of Flotta and Barrel of Butter.
Calf of Flotta
Islet
The Calf of Flotta is a small island in Scapa Flow, Orkney.
Barrel of Butter
Islet
The Barrel of Butter, formerly known as Carlin Skerry…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include HMS Royal Oak and Whome.
Orphir
Village
Orphir is a parish and settlement on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.
Scapa Flow
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Latitude
58.88663° or 58° 53′ 12″ north
Longitude
-3.06929° or 3° 4′ 9″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB SFW
Open location code
9CCRVWPJ+M7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=strait
Satellite Map
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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”
- 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”
- Korean: “스캐퍼 플로”
- 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”
Places with the Same Name
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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).
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