Ore Bay
Ore Bay is a bay in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Ore Bay is situated nearby to the locality Rinnigill, as well as near the village Lyness.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scapa Flow Museum and Crockness Martello tower.
Scapa Flow Museum
Museum
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Scapa Flow Museum is a war museum in Lyness on the Island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. Housed within a refurbished Romney hut and oil fuel pump house at the former Lyness royal naval base HMS Proserpine, the museum charts the history of Orkney's involvement in World War I and World War II.
Crockness Martello tower
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crockness Martello Tower is a Martello Tower on Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Napoleonic Wars, at the same time as the Martello Tower at Hackness.
Royal Naval Cemetery, Lyness, Hoy
Memorial
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royal Naval Cemetery, Lyness, Hoy is a memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lyness and Longhope.
Lyness
Village
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048.
Longhope
Village
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Longhope is a coastal settlement on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. South Walls is linked to Hoy by causeway; Longhope is the largest settlement on the two islands. The settlement is situated on the B9047, the main road on Hoy and South Walls.
Ore Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay on the east coast of Hoy, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.82872° or 58° 49′ 43″ northLongitude
-3.19672° or 3° 11′ 48″ westOpen location code
9CCRRRH3+F8OpenStreetMap ID
node 8639802726OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2640932Wikidata ID
Q24638921
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ore Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ore Bay”
- Swedish: “Ore Bay”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rinnigill and Hilltown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Former Torpedo Depot - now council depot and Lyness Post Office.
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