Sanday Sound
Sanday Sound is a strait in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Sanday Sound is situated nearby to the locality The Swarf, as well as near Otter Hole.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Quoyness chambered cairn.
Quoyness chambered cairn
Archaeological site
Photo: Callum Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quoyness chambered cairn is a Neolithic burial monument located on the island of Sanday in Orkney, Scotland. Similar to Maeshowe in design, the tomb was probably built around 3000 BC.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kettletoft and Whitehall.
Kettletoft
Village
Photo: John Comloquoy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kettletoft is a settlement on the island of Sanday in Orkney, Scotland. The B9068 road runs from Kettletoft to Scar and the B9069 from Kettletoft to Northwall.
Whitehall
Village
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitehall is the village on the island of Stronsay, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. It is a small village with about 50 houses. It also has a shop, a café and heritage centre, known as the Fish Mart; the Stronsay Hotel, with attached pub; a post office, a fisherman's pier and a ferry pier.
Stronsay
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stronsay is one of the Orkney Islands, with a population in 2011 of 349. It's low-lying, indented by three large bays, with its main settlement at Whitehall.
Sanday Sound
- Type: Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.18981° or 59° 11′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.57526° or 2° 34′ 31″ westOpen location code
9CFV5CQF+WVOpenStreetMap ID
way 931973239OpenStreetMap feature
natural=straitGeoNames ID
2638601
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as The Swarf and Otter Hole.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Holm of Elsness and Mill Loch.
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