Point of Oxan
Point of Oxan is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Point of Oxan is situated nearby to the locality Fulzie Geo, as well as near Point of Howesti.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hoy Sound Low Light and Graemsay.
Hoy Sound Low Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Fabio Sassi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Graemsay is an island in the western approaches to Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The island has two lighthouses. Graemsay lies within the parish of Stromness.
Graemsay
Island
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Graemsay is an island in the western approaches to Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The island has two lighthouses. Graemsay lies within the parish of Stromness.
Stromness Museum
Museum
Stromness Museum is a small independent museum in the town of Stromness in Orkney, Scotland focusing on the town's connections to maritime and natural history.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stromness and Bu‘ Point.
Stromness
Stromness is a port on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, with a population of roughly 2200. To the Vikings, Straumsnes meant the headland just south, where a fierce tide rips between Scapa Flow and the Atlantic; get past that and you came safely into Hamnavoe or "peaceful harbour" where the town now stands.
Bu‘ Point
Locality
Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bu‘ Point is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles northeast of Point of Oxan.
Cairston
Locality
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness. Cairston is situated 3 miles northeast of Point of Oxan.
Point of Oxan
- Type: Locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.93886° or 58° 56′ 20″ northLongitude
-3.31463° or 3° 18′ 53″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
9CCRWMQP+G4OpenStreetMap ID
node 9656629677OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
2640738
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fulzie Geo and Point of Howesti.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dispersed beam searchlight emplacement (ruins) and Site of St Colm’s Chapel + burial ground (Medieval).
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