Sandside Bay
Sandside Bay is a bay in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Sandside Bay is situated nearby to the locality Steinflett, as well as near The Ness.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Gloup.
The Gloup
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Gloup is a collapsed sea cave in the Mull Head Nature Reserve in the islands of Orkney, Scotland. The name derives from the Old Norse "gluppa", meaning a chasm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rerwick Head and Tankerness.
Rerwick Head
Locality
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rerwick Head is a locality, which is situated 4 miles northwest of Sandside Bay.
Tankerness
Village
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Tankerness is a district in the St Andrews parish in Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. Essentially a peninsula, it is about 13 kilometres south-east of Kirkwall and 1 kilometre east of Kirkwall Airport. Tankerness is situated 5 miles west of Sandside Bay.
Sandside Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.95° or 58° 57′ northLongitude
-2.71667° or 2° 43′ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Open location code
9CCVW7XM+X8GeoNames ID
2638551
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Stack of Mustack and Skaill Skerries.
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