Outer Holm
Outer Holm is an islet in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Outer Holm is situated nearby to the locality The Ness, as well as near Coplands Dock.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Inner Holm and Stromness Museum.
Inner Holm
Islet
Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Inner Holm is a small inhabited island in Stromness harbour and one of the Orkney islands of Scotland. It is about 350 metres east of the harbour front of Stromness but it is connected to the Orkney Mainland shore at low tide on the opposite side of the bay.
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.
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 2 miles north of Outer Holm.
Outer Holm
- Type: Islet
- Description: islet in Stromness Harbour, Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.95605° or 58° 57′ 22″ northLongitude
-3.28918° or 3° 17′ 21″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
9CCRXP46+C8OpenStreetMap ID
way 4569185OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
2640800Wikidata ID
Q24638965
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Satellite Map
Discover Outer Holm from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Outer Holm” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Outer Holm”
- Swedish: “Outer Holm”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Seatricity Ltd and Volunteers’ battery.
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