The Cantick Head Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse on the Scottish island of South Walls in the Orkney Islands. It is located at the end of Cantick Head, a long peninsula on the south-eastern coast of South Walls that overlooks the Pentland Firth and the Sound of Hoxa, which forms the southern entry to the natural harbour of Scapa Flow.

Hackness Martello Tower and Battery

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Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is a former British Army barracks and currently a museum located on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Point of Hackness and Whome.

Point of Hackness

Locality

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Point of Hackness is a locality, which is situated 1½ miles northwest of The Ool.

Whome

Village

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Whome is the largest settlement on the Orkney island of Flotta, Scotland. The village is situated on the B9046, the main road across Flotta. Views from Whome look across Pan Hope, to the Flotta oil terminal across the bay. Whome is situated 2 miles north of The Ool.

Hoxa Head

Locality

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Hoxa Head is a locality, which is situated 3 miles northeast of The Ool.

The Ool

Type: Locality
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.79472° or 58° 47′ 41″ north

Longitude

-3.10886° or 3° 6′ 32″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

9CCRQVVR+VF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 610468993

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

2640957

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